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The Motley Fool
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Perini's Prodigious Performance A fat backlog of business points to several good years ahead for this general contractor. Investors, take note.   |
The Motley Fool
May 11, 2006
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Can Perini Add More Stories to Its Stock Price? A robust backlog and stock price suggest the story is out on this engineering and construction firm. |
The Motley Fool
November 7, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Perini Builds Its Book Construction is a lumpy business, but Perini is looking at several flush years of business. While there may yet be room for builders to run, the easy money has already been pocketed and investors should tread carefully with stock selection. |
The Motley Fool
March 16, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Building for the Future Washington Group, an under-followed engineering company, looks cheap and flush with cash, but margins are a concern. |
The Motley Fool
April 6, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Shaw Share Sale Sinks Stock The engineering and construction company's move to sell shares will firm up the balance sheet, but the market doesn't like the dilution. |
The Motley Fool
July 30, 2008
Tim Hanson |
A Seriously Appalling Merger This mind-boggling deal between construction giant Perini and Tutor-Saliba enriches insiders at shareholders' expense. |
The Motley Fool
September 2, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Tin Roofs Not So Hot for This Cat Despite a poor fourth-quarter outlook, the maker of metal building systems and components NCI Building looks like it's on solid foundation. Relative to its cash flow and future prospects, the stock looks cheap. |
The Motley Fool
April 11, 2008
Rich Smith |
Glassmaker Gone Gangbusters Commercial construction continues to boom, and stocks like Apogee along with it. |
The Motley Fool
August 30, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Delays Buckle Engineered Support It doesn't look like the going is getting any easier for shareholders in Engineered Support Systems. Problems with a large project continue to drag down results and have the company on the defensive. |
The Motley Fool
March 2, 2011
Cindy Johnson |
McDermott International Shares Popped: What You Need to Know Engineering company McDermott International, popped 11% in intraday trading today after news of a higher backlog and new contracts overshadowed a big earnings miss. |
The Motley Fool
January 28, 2008
Rich Smith |
Northrop Becomes a Guinea Pig Backlog refers to orders that have been booked and are expected to become revenue but haven't yet. Let's take a deeper look at backlog, using Northrop Grumman's fourth-quarter and full-year reports as an example. |
The Motley Fool
March 11, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Building Upon Building Supplies With a reasonable dividend, brightening prospects for the nonresidential construction business, and expectations of continuing double-digit income growth, Hughes looks like it might be worth a further look. |
BusinessWeek
November 18, 2010
Giegner & Krause-Jackson |
After U.S. Troops Leave Iraq, the State Dept. Steps In The State Dept. is hiring thousands of contractors to help it assume duties in Iraq once the last of the troops departs in a year. |
The Motley Fool
May 15, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Fluor Still Building Its Case Strong order activity points to upcoming revenue growth for the engineering and construction firm. Is valuation high in this sector? Relative to trailing numbers, at least, the answer pretty much has to be yes. Investors, tread lightly. |
The Motley Fool
June 17, 2004
Rick Munarriz |
Home Sweet KB Home Homebuilder KB Home shines a light on the housing sector. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2006
Glenn Zorpette |
Working in a War Zone Working in Iraq isn't for everybody. Nevertheless, over the past three years, a few thousand engineers of many nationalities have gone to work on the country's massive, $60 billion reconstruction. Here's a sample of what they encounter. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
May/Jun 2008
Barry B. LePatner |
Construction Chaos In this age of economic uncertainty, when the stakes are higher, it's time to re-evaluate accepted concepts of how construction projects are carried out. |
InternetNews
September 3, 2009 |
Cisco Scores First UCS Win Construction company consolidates five datacenters into one by going with Cisco's Unified Computing System. |
The Motley Fool
January 23, 2008
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Northrop Is Shipshape In advance of earnings, analysts expect defense contractor Northrop Grumman to show a small increase in sales and an even smaller increase in profits. |
