Recent performance snapshot
Dycom Industries (DY) has drawn fresh attention after recent share price moves, with the stock down 3% over the past day, nearly flat over the past week, and showing stronger gains over the past month and past 3 months.
See our latest analysis for Dycom Industries.
At a share price of $403.45, Dycom’s recent 18% 1 month share price return and 16% year to date gain sit alongside a very large 1 year total shareholder return. This suggests momentum has been building as investors reassess growth prospects and risk.
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The stock now trades at $403.45, with a value score of 1 and a market value of about $12.5b. The real question is whether Dycom is still mispriced or if the market is already baking in future growth.
Most Popular Narrative: 13.8% Undervalued
With Dycom closing at $403.45 against a narrative fair value of about $468, the current pricing sits below what this widely followed model implies.
The accelerating buildout of fiber-to-the-home and data center connectivity, driven by surging AI workloads and hyperscaler investments, is creating multi-year, visibility-rich opportunities for Dycom. This is expected to support robust backlog growth and sustained double-digit revenue expansion as these build cycles ramp into 2027 and beyond.
Want to see what sits behind that growth story? The narrative leans heavily on faster revenue expansion, thicker margins and a future earnings multiple that has to reconcile with today’s price. Curious which assumptions really carry the fair value to $468 and how sensitive that is to the path of earnings and cash generation?
Result: Fair Value of $467.91 (UNDERVALUED)
Have a read of the narrative in full and understand what's behind the forecasts.
However, the story can change quickly if major telecom customers pull back on spending, or if large fiber and data center projects face prolonged regulatory delays.
Find out about the key risks to this Dycom Industries narrative.
Another way to look at value
The first view leans on an analyst narrative and fair value of about $468, but a simple P/E check tells a different story. Dycom trades on 43.1x earnings, which is slightly below the US Construction industry at 44x, yet well above peers at 34.1x and an estimated fair ratio of 32x. That gap suggests the market already prices in a lot of good news, so the key question is whether you think Dycom has done enough to justify staying above that fair ratio, or if sentiment could drift back toward it over time.
See what the numbers say about this price — find out in our valuation breakdown.
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