Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio Buys Shares of 36,741 AECOM $ACM

Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio purchased a new stake in shares of AECOM (NYSE:ACM) during the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund purchased 36,741 shares of the construction company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,565,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Corient Private Wealth LP bought a new stake in shares of AECOM in the second quarter worth $622,000. Bank of America Corp DE bought a new position in AECOM in the second quarter valued at about $51,811,000. Freestone Grove Partners LP bought a new position in AECOM in the second quarter valued at about $5,336,000. Man Group plc purchased a new position in AECOM in the second quarter worth about $2,262,000. Finally, Jupiter Topco LLC purchased a new position in AECOM in the second quarter worth about $3,954,000. 85.41% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at AECOM

In related news, President Lara Poloni purchased 4,224 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 16th. The shares were acquired at an average price of $70.63 per share, for a total transaction of $298,341.12. Following the purchase, the president directly owned 153,446 shares in the company, valued at $10,837,890.98. This trade represents a 2.83% increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Corporate insiders own 0.46% of the company’s stock.

AECOM Trading Down 0.4%

Shares of ACM opened at $66.57 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $8.57 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.54, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.79 and a beta of 0.91. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.11, a current ratio of 1.06 and a quick ratio of 1.06. AECOM has a 1 year low of $60.35 and a 1 year high of $135.52. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $68.39 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $77.09.

AECOM (NYSE:ACM) last released its earnings results on Monday, August 10th. The construction company reported ($0.50) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.46 by ($1.96). AECOM had a return on equity of 19.72% and a net margin of 1.87%.The company had revenue of $3.59 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.01 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.34 EPS. AECOM’s quarterly revenue was down 14.2% compared to the same quarter last year. AECOM has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.950-4.150 EPS. On average, equities analysts expect that AECOM will post 3.98 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on the stock. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of AECOM from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, July 6th. Truist Financial reissued a “buy” rating and set a $85.00 price objective (down from $102.00) on shares of AECOM in a research report on Wednesday, August 12th. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $91.00 price objective on AECOM in a research note on Wednesday, August 12th. Barclays decreased their target price on AECOM from $90.00 to $73.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, August 12th. Finally, Piper Sandler set a $79.00 target price on AECOM in a research report on Wednesday, August 12th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $88.25.

AECOM Company Profile

AECOM is a multinational infrastructure consulting firm that provides a broad range of professional technical and management services. Its core offerings include architecture and engineering design, program and construction management, environmental remediation and consulting, and operations and maintenance support. The company works across the full project lifecycle from planning and design through construction and long‑term asset management.

AECOM serves public- and private-sector clients in major built-environment markets, including transportation (roads, bridges, rail, airports), water and wastewater systems, buildings and places, energy and power, and environmental services.