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Infrastructure Spending Is on Its Way. Here’s a Cheap Way to Play It<blockquote>基础设施支出正在路上。这里有一个便宜的玩法</blockquote>

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Infrastructure Spending Is on Its Way. Here’s a Cheap Way to Play It<blockquote>基础设施支出正在路上。这里有一个便宜的玩法</blockquote>

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Most of their stocks have already jumped on theprospect of infrastructure spending.<blockquote>这项立法应该会促进像这样的企业<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/VMC\">瓦肯材料</a>（股票代码：VMC）和<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/MLM\">马丁·玛丽埃塔材料</a>（传销），生产混凝土和沥青；<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/CAT\">毛虫</a>（猫）和<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/TEX\">特雷克斯</a>（特克斯），制造建筑设备；和<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/URI\">联合租赁公司</a>(URI)，租赁机器。由于基础设施支出的前景，他们的大多数股票已经上涨。</blockquote> But <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AONE.U\">one</a> infrastructure play has been overlooked:<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AFH\">Atlas</a> Technical Consultants(ATCX) provides engineering and design services, inspection and certification of buildings and public works, and other construction-related services. More construction means more plans and designs for Atlas to review. These eventually become finished projects that need annual inspections, paying dividends for years.<blockquote>但<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AONE.U\">一</a>基础设施的发挥被忽视了：<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AFH\">阿特拉斯</a>技术顾问(ATCX)提供工程和设计服务、建筑物和公共工程的检查和认证以及其他与建筑相关的服务。更多的建设意味着更多的计划和设计供Atlas审查。这些最终成为需要年度检查的成品项目，多年来都有回报。</blockquote> And yet Atlas shares have stalled. At a recent $9, the stock trades for just eight times enterprise value to estimated 2022 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, or Ebitda. That multiple is a significant discount to companies in related inspection businesses, such asMontrose Environmental Group(MEG) andTetra Tech(TTEK), which trade for more than 22 times EV/2022 Ebitda.<blockquote>然而阿特拉斯的股价却停滞不前。该股最近的股价为9美元，仅为企业价值与预计2022年息税折旧摊销前利润(Ebitda)的八倍。对于Montrose Environmental Group(MEG)和Tetra Tech(TTEK)等相关检测业务的公司来说，这一倍数是EV/2022 Ebitda的22倍以上。</blockquote> <img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/19ad62f427fb70a25aa96068bc5d1756\" tg-width=\"442\" tg-height=\"364\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\">“Right now, part of the valuation discount is due to the debt, but I would say there are companies like Atlas where the debt is appropriate,” says Kevin Silverman, chief investment officer and portfolio manager at small-cap–focused <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/STL\">Sterling</a> Partners <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/EQR\">Equity</a> Advisors, which owns more than $2 million worth of Atlas stock, accounting for about 2% of its assets under management. “The debt helps equity holders if you have steady profit margins and can use it for growth.”<blockquote>专注于小盘股的首席投资官兼投资组合经理凯文·西尔弗曼(Kevin Silverman)表示：“目前，估值折扣的部分原因是债务，但我想说，像Atlas这样的公司债务是合适的。”<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/STL\">英镑</a>合作伙伴<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/EQR\">公平</a>Advisors拥有价值超过200万美元的Atlas股票，约占其管理资产的2%。“如果你有稳定的利润率并可以利用它来实现增长，那么债务会对股东有所帮助。”</blockquote> And Atlas has substantial opportunities for growth. Beyond the infrastructure-bill boost, Atlas has a long-term strategy of consolidating the fragmented U.S. inspection-services market while reducing its debt levels. Both should increase its appeal to investors and earn it a higher valuation multiple.<blockquote>Atlas拥有巨大的增长机会。除了基础设施法案的提振之外，Atlas还有一项长期战略，即整合分散的美国检验服务市场，同时降低其债务水平。两者都应该会增加其对投资者的吸引力，并为其赢得更高的估值倍数。</blockquote> The Austin, Texas–headquartered company went public inearly 2020via a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company, or SPAC. The deal saddled the company with a convoluted capital structure, including multiple share classes, outstanding warrants, and other complications. That complexity has probably kept some investors away, as has Atlas’ relatively high debt load, which comes to 5.5 times net debt to 2021 Ebitda.<blockquote>这家总部位于德克萨斯州奥斯汀的公司于2020年初通过与一家特殊目的收购公司(SPAC)合并上市。这笔交易给该公司带来了复杂的资本结构，包括多个股票类别、未偿认股权证和其他复杂因素。这种复杂性可能让一些投资者望而却步，Atlas相对较高的债务负担也是如此，其净债务是2021年Ebitda的5.5倍。</blockquote> <img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/99bb73a7c212bfed6d0890b8b14fbc15\" tg-width=\"607\" tg-height=\"396\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"><blockquote></blockquote> Atlas has reduced that complexity—redeeming its preferred equity, buying out warrants, and increasing the stock’s publicly traded float—and is focused on bringing its net debt below three times Ebitda.<blockquote>Atlas降低了这种复杂性——赎回其优先股、买断认股权证并增加股票的公开交易流通量——并专注于将其净债务降至Ebitda的三倍以下。</blockquote> Atlas is forecast to grow sales 13% this year, to $530 million, with Ebitda up 21%, to $76 million.<blockquote>Atlas预计今年销售额将增长13%，达到5.3亿美元，Ebitda将增长21%，达到7600万美元。</blockquote> Its customers include state departments of transportation, private building owners, electric and water utilities, airports, schools, hospitals, and more. Its national presence and leading scale helps win and retain marquee projects and big clients, including the U.S. Postal <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/SCI\">Service</a>, the Environmental Protection Agency, the <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/NWY\">New York</a> <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/CHCO\">City</a> Housing Authority, Stanford University,Walmart(WMT), and<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AAPL\">Apple</a>(AAPL).<blockquote>其客户包括州交通部门、私人建筑业主、电力和水务公司、机场、学校、医院等。其在全国的影响力和领先的规模有助于赢得和留住大型项目和大客户，包括美国邮政<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/SCI\">服务</a>环境保护局<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/NWY\">纽约</a><a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/CHCO\">城市</a>住房管理局、斯坦福大学、沃尔玛(WMT)和<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AAPL\">苹果</a>（苹果公司）。</blockquote> Atlas earned $64 million in adjusted Ebitda over the past four reported quarters, while it had a net loss of $18 million. As of the end of the first quarter, the company had a backlog of $689 million, or more than 140% of its last 12 months’ revenue of $482 million. “I’ve been in this business for 30 years, and it’s by far the highest I’ve seen,” Atlas CEO Joe Boyer tellsBarron’s.<blockquote>Atlas在过去四个报告季度的调整后Ebitda为6400万美元，而净亏损为1800万美元。截至第一季度末，该公司的积压订单为6.89亿美元，占过去12个月收入4.82亿美元的140%以上。Atlas首席执行官乔·博耶(Joe Boyer)表示：“我从事这个行业已经30年了，这是迄今为止我见过的最高水平。”巴伦周刊.</blockquote> About 70% of the company’s revenue comes from work on existing buildings, pipes, roads, and bridges. Those jobs are nondiscretionary: As we’ve tragically learned at times, infrastructure needs to be inspected and brought up to code at regular intervals, no matter what the economic or pandemic situation is.<blockquote>该公司约70%的收入来自现有建筑、管道、道路和桥梁的工作。这些工作是非自由裁量的：正如我们有时悲惨地了解到的那样，无论经济或疫情形势如何，基础设施都需要定期检查和更新。</blockquote> The remaining 30% of Atlas’ sales are tied to new construction, which dipped during the pandemic but is nearly back to pre-Covid-19 levels, according to Boyer.<blockquote>Boyer表示，Atlas剩余30%的销售额与新建筑有关，新建筑在大流行期间有所下降，但几乎回到了Covid-19之前的水平。</blockquote> A long-term trend toward outsourcing services by cities and states, stricter environmental standards, and aging infrastructure in the U.S. have been drivers of Atlas’ organic growth in recent years.<blockquote>美国城市和州外包服务的长期趋势、更严格的环境标准以及老化的基础设施一直是Atlas近年来有机增长的驱动力。</blockquote> That trend has been responsible for about half of Atlas’ 20% compound annual growth in sales since 2016, when it was owned by private-equity firm Bernhard Capital Partners. The other avenue for growth has been Atlas’ acquisition strategy.<blockquote>自2016年Atlas归私募股权公司Bernhard Capital Partners所有以来，这一趋势约占Atlas销售额复合年增长率20%的一半。另一条增长途径是阿特拉斯的收购战略。</blockquote> “The idea is to find a company in a geography or a service that we don’t dominate in, bring it onto our platform, and cross-sell across our network,” Boyer says.<blockquote>“我们的想法是在我们不占主导地位的地区或服务中找到一家公司，将其带到我们的平台上，并通过我们的网络进行交叉销售，”博耶说。</blockquote> Atlas’ sweet spot for acquisition targets is about $5 million to $20 million in Ebitda, The company typically pays four to six times Ebitda in a mix of cash and stock. That makes each deal immediately accretive to earnings.<blockquote>Atlas的最佳收购目标是Ebitda约为500万至2000万美元，该公司通常以现金和股票的方式支付Ebitda的四至六倍。这使得每笔交易都会立即增加收益。</blockquote> As a small and relatively young public company, Atlas gets minimal coverage from Wall Street, but the three analysts who cover the firm are bullish. “We think the company is in end markets that are strong or recovering; they’ve been winning large contracts, and its backlog has been growing,” says <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/SF\">Stifel</a> analyst Noelle Dilts. “So, we feel good about the fundamental revenue outlook.”<blockquote>作为一家规模较小且相对年轻的上市公司，Atlas得到的华尔街报道很少，但研究该公司的三位分析师持乐观态度。“我们认为该公司所处的终端市场强劲或正在复苏；他们一直在赢得大合同，而且积压订单一直在增长，”他说<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/SF\">斯蒂费尔</a>分析师诺埃尔·迪尔茨。“因此，我们对基本收入前景感觉良好。”</blockquote> She rates Atlas a Buy, with a $14.50 price target, or 11 times her estimate of 2022 Ebitda, which doesn’t include any upside from a potential infrastructure bill. Using a 15 times Ebitda multiple, Sterling’s Silverman sees shares going to $43 three years from now, as debt paydown continues and earnings rise.<blockquote>她将Atlas评级为买入，目标价为14.50美元，是她对2022年Ebitda预期的11倍，其中不包括潜在基础设施法案带来的任何上行空间。使用15倍的Ebitda倍数，Sterling的Silverman预计，随着债务偿还的继续和盈利的上升，三年后股价将升至43美元。</blockquote> Atlas’ balance sheet remains a fixer-upper, but the company has the right foundation.<blockquote>阿特拉斯的资产负债表仍然有待修复，但该公司拥有正确的基础。</blockquote>","source":"lsy1610680873436","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Infrastructure Spending Is on Its Way. 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Here’s a Cheap Way to Play It<blockquote>基础设施支出正在路上。这里有一个便宜的玩法</blockquote>\n</h2>\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\nBarron's2021-07-31 14:44\n\n</h4>\n</header>\n<article>\nU.S. lawmakers appear to be on the cusp of passing a massive and long-awaitedinfrastructure-investment bill, totaling some $1 trillion.<blockquote>美国立法者似乎即将通过一项期待已久的大规模基础设施投资法案，总额约为1万亿美元。</blockquote> The legislation should be a boost to businesses like<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/VMC\">Vulcan Materials</a>(ticker: VMC) and<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/MLM\">Martin Marietta Materials</a>(MLM), which make concrete and asphalt;<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/CAT\">Caterpillar</a>(CAT) and<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/TEX\">Terex</a>(TEX), which make construction equipment; and<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/URI\">United Rentals</a>(URI), which rents the machinery. Most of their stocks have already jumped on theprospect of infrastructure spending.<blockquote>这项立法应该会促进像这样的企业<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/VMC\">瓦肯材料</a>（股票代码：VMC）和<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/MLM\">马丁·玛丽埃塔材料</a>（传销），生产混凝土和沥青；<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/CAT\">毛虫</a>（猫）和<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/TEX\">特雷克斯</a>（特克斯），制造建筑设备；和<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/URI\">联合租赁公司</a>(URI)，租赁机器。由于基础设施支出的前景，他们的大多数股票已经上涨。</blockquote> But <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AONE.U\">one</a> infrastructure play has been overlooked:<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AFH\">Atlas</a> Technical Consultants(ATCX) provides engineering and design services, inspection and certification of buildings and public works, and other construction-related services. More construction means more plans and designs for Atlas to review. These eventually become finished projects that need annual inspections, paying dividends for years.<blockquote>但<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AONE.U\">一</a>基础设施的发挥被忽视了：<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AFH\">阿特拉斯</a>技术顾问(ATCX)提供工程和设计服务、建筑物和公共工程的检查和认证以及其他与建筑相关的服务。更多的建设意味着更多的计划和设计供Atlas审查。这些最终成为需要年度检查的成品项目，多年来都有回报。</blockquote> And yet Atlas shares have stalled. At a recent $9, the stock trades for just eight times enterprise value to estimated 2022 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, or Ebitda. That multiple is a significant discount to companies in related inspection businesses, such asMontrose Environmental Group(MEG) andTetra Tech(TTEK), which trade for more than 22 times EV/2022 Ebitda.<blockquote>然而阿特拉斯的股价却停滞不前。该股最近的股价为9美元，仅为企业价值与预计2022年息税折旧摊销前利润(Ebitda)的八倍。对于Montrose Environmental Group(MEG)和Tetra Tech(TTEK)等相关检测业务的公司来说，这一倍数是EV/2022 Ebitda的22倍以上。</blockquote> <img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/19ad62f427fb70a25aa96068bc5d1756\" tg-width=\"442\" tg-height=\"364\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\">“Right now, part of the valuation discount is due to the debt, but I would say there are companies like Atlas where the debt is appropriate,” says Kevin Silverman, chief investment officer and portfolio manager at small-cap–focused <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/STL\">Sterling</a> Partners <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/EQR\">Equity</a> Advisors, which owns more than $2 million worth of Atlas stock, accounting for about 2% of its assets under management. “The debt helps equity holders if you have steady profit margins and can use it for growth.”<blockquote>专注于小盘股的首席投资官兼投资组合经理凯文·西尔弗曼(Kevin Silverman)表示：“目前，估值折扣的部分原因是债务，但我想说，像Atlas这样的公司债务是合适的。”<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/STL\">英镑</a>合作伙伴<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/EQR\">公平</a>Advisors拥有价值超过200万美元的Atlas股票，约占其管理资产的2%。“如果你有稳定的利润率并可以利用它来实现增长，那么债务会对股东有所帮助。”</blockquote> And Atlas has substantial opportunities for growth. Beyond the infrastructure-bill boost, Atlas has a long-term strategy of consolidating the fragmented U.S. inspection-services market while reducing its debt levels. Both should increase its appeal to investors and earn it a higher valuation multiple.<blockquote>Atlas拥有巨大的增长机会。除了基础设施法案的提振之外，Atlas还有一项长期战略，即整合分散的美国检验服务市场，同时降低其债务水平。两者都应该会增加其对投资者的吸引力，并为其赢得更高的估值倍数。</blockquote> The Austin, Texas–headquartered company went public inearly 2020via a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company, or SPAC. The deal saddled the company with a convoluted capital structure, including multiple share classes, outstanding warrants, and other complications. That complexity has probably kept some investors away, as has Atlas’ relatively high debt load, which comes to 5.5 times net debt to 2021 Ebitda.<blockquote>这家总部位于德克萨斯州奥斯汀的公司于2020年初通过与一家特殊目的收购公司(SPAC)合并上市。这笔交易给该公司带来了复杂的资本结构，包括多个股票类别、未偿认股权证和其他复杂因素。这种复杂性可能让一些投资者望而却步，Atlas相对较高的债务负担也是如此，其净债务是2021年Ebitda的5.5倍。</blockquote> <img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/99bb73a7c212bfed6d0890b8b14fbc15\" tg-width=\"607\" tg-height=\"396\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"><blockquote></blockquote> Atlas has reduced that complexity—redeeming its preferred equity, buying out warrants, and increasing the stock’s publicly traded float—and is focused on bringing its net debt below three times Ebitda.<blockquote>Atlas降低了这种复杂性——赎回其优先股、买断认股权证并增加股票的公开交易流通量——并专注于将其净债务降至Ebitda的三倍以下。</blockquote> Atlas is forecast to grow sales 13% this year, to $530 million, with Ebitda up 21%, to $76 million.<blockquote>Atlas预计今年销售额将增长13%，达到5.3亿美元，Ebitda将增长21%，达到7600万美元。</blockquote> Its customers include state departments of transportation, private building owners, electric and water utilities, airports, schools, hospitals, and more. Its national presence and leading scale helps win and retain marquee projects and big clients, including the U.S. Postal <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/SCI\">Service</a>, the Environmental Protection Agency, the <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/NWY\">New York</a> <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/CHCO\">City</a> Housing Authority, Stanford University,Walmart(WMT), and<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AAPL\">Apple</a>(AAPL).<blockquote>其客户包括州交通部门、私人建筑业主、电力和水务公司、机场、学校、医院等。其在全国的影响力和领先的规模有助于赢得和留住大型项目和大客户，包括美国邮政<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/SCI\">服务</a>环境保护局<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/NWY\">纽约</a><a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/CHCO\">城市</a>住房管理局、斯坦福大学、沃尔玛(WMT)和<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AAPL\">苹果</a>（苹果公司）。</blockquote> Atlas earned $64 million in adjusted Ebitda over the past four reported quarters, while it had a net loss of $18 million. As of the end of the first quarter, the company had a backlog of $689 million, or more than 140% of its last 12 months’ revenue of $482 million. “I’ve been in this business for 30 years, and it’s by far the highest I’ve seen,” Atlas CEO Joe Boyer tellsBarron’s.<blockquote>Atlas在过去四个报告季度的调整后Ebitda为6400万美元，而净亏损为1800万美元。截至第一季度末，该公司的积压订单为6.89亿美元，占过去12个月收入4.82亿美元的140%以上。Atlas首席执行官乔·博耶(Joe Boyer)表示：“我从事这个行业已经30年了，这是迄今为止我见过的最高水平。”巴伦周刊.</blockquote> About 70% of the company’s revenue comes from work on existing buildings, pipes, roads, and bridges. Those jobs are nondiscretionary: As we’ve tragically learned at times, infrastructure needs to be inspected and brought up to code at regular intervals, no matter what the economic or pandemic situation is.<blockquote>该公司约70%的收入来自现有建筑、管道、道路和桥梁的工作。这些工作是非自由裁量的：正如我们有时悲惨地了解到的那样，无论经济或疫情形势如何，基础设施都需要定期检查和更新。</blockquote> The remaining 30% of Atlas’ sales are tied to new construction, which dipped during the pandemic but is nearly back to pre-Covid-19 levels, according to Boyer.<blockquote>Boyer表示，Atlas剩余30%的销售额与新建筑有关，新建筑在大流行期间有所下降，但几乎回到了Covid-19之前的水平。</blockquote> A long-term trend toward outsourcing services by cities and states, stricter environmental standards, and aging infrastructure in the U.S. have been drivers of Atlas’ organic growth in recent years.<blockquote>美国城市和州外包服务的长期趋势、更严格的环境标准以及老化的基础设施一直是Atlas近年来有机增长的驱动力。</blockquote> That trend has been responsible for about half of Atlas’ 20% compound annual growth in sales since 2016, when it was owned by private-equity firm Bernhard Capital Partners. The other avenue for growth has been Atlas’ acquisition strategy.<blockquote>自2016年Atlas归私募股权公司Bernhard Capital Partners所有以来，这一趋势约占Atlas销售额复合年增长率20%的一半。另一条增长途径是阿特拉斯的收购战略。</blockquote> “The idea is to find a company in a geography or a service that we don’t dominate in, bring it onto our platform, and cross-sell across our network,” Boyer says.<blockquote>“我们的想法是在我们不占主导地位的地区或服务中找到一家公司，将其带到我们的平台上，并通过我们的网络进行交叉销售，”博耶说。</blockquote> Atlas’ sweet spot for acquisition targets is about $5 million to $20 million in Ebitda, The company typically pays four to six times Ebitda in a mix of cash and stock. That makes each deal immediately accretive to earnings.<blockquote>Atlas的最佳收购目标是Ebitda约为500万至2000万美元，该公司通常以现金和股票的方式支付Ebitda的四至六倍。这使得每笔交易都会立即增加收益。</blockquote> As a small and relatively young public company, Atlas gets minimal coverage from Wall Street, but the three analysts who cover the firm are bullish. “We think the company is in end markets that are strong or recovering; they’ve been winning large contracts, and its backlog has been growing,” says <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/SF\">Stifel</a> analyst Noelle Dilts. “So, we feel good about the fundamental revenue outlook.”<blockquote>作为一家规模较小且相对年轻的上市公司，Atlas得到的华尔街报道很少，但研究该公司的三位分析师持乐观态度。“我们认为该公司所处的终端市场强劲或正在复苏；他们一直在赢得大合同，而且积压订单一直在增长，”他说<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/SF\">斯蒂费尔</a>分析师诺埃尔·迪尔茨。“因此，我们对基本收入前景感觉良好。”</blockquote> She rates Atlas a Buy, with a $14.50 price target, or 11 times her estimate of 2022 Ebitda, which doesn’t include any upside from a potential infrastructure bill. Using a 15 times Ebitda multiple, Sterling’s Silverman sees shares going to $43 three years from now, as debt paydown continues and earnings rise.<blockquote>她将Atlas评级为买入，目标价为14.50美元，是她对2022年Ebitda预期的11倍，其中不包括潜在基础设施法案带来的任何上行空间。使用15倍的Ebitda倍数，Sterling的Silverman预计，随着债务偿还的继续和盈利的上升，三年后股价将升至43美元。</blockquote> Atlas’ balance sheet remains a fixer-upper, but the company has the right foundation.<blockquote>阿特拉斯的资产负债表仍然有待修复，但该公司拥有正确的基础。</blockquote>\n<div class=\"bt-text\">\n\n\n 来源：<a href=\"https://www.barrons.com/articles/infrastructure-buy-atlas-technical-consultants-stock-51627684191?mod=hp_LEAD_2\">Barron's</a>\n为提升您的阅读体验，我们对本页面进行了排版优化\n\n\n</div>\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{},"source_url":"https://www.barrons.com/articles/infrastructure-buy-atlas-technical-consultants-stock-51627684191?mod=hp_LEAD_2","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1186334150","content_text":"U.S. lawmakers appear to be on the cusp of passing a massive and long-awaitedinfrastructure-investment bill, totaling some $1 trillion.\nThe legislation should be a boost to businesses likeVulcan Materials(ticker: VMC) andMartin Marietta Materials(MLM), which make concrete and asphalt;Caterpillar(CAT) andTerex(TEX), which make construction equipment; andUnited Rentals(URI), which rents the machinery. Most of their stocks have already jumped on theprospect of infrastructure spending.\nBut one infrastructure play has been overlooked:Atlas Technical Consultants(ATCX) provides engineering and design services, inspection and certification of buildings and public works, and other construction-related services. More construction means more plans and designs for Atlas to review. These eventually become finished projects that need annual inspections, paying dividends for years.\nAnd yet Atlas shares have stalled. At a recent $9, the stock trades for just eight times enterprise value to estimated 2022 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, or Ebitda. That multiple is a significant discount to companies in related inspection businesses, such asMontrose Environmental Group(MEG) andTetra Tech(TTEK), which trade for more than 22 times EV/2022 Ebitda.\n“Right now, part of the valuation discount is due to the debt, but I would say there are companies like Atlas where the debt is appropriate,” says Kevin Silverman, chief investment officer and portfolio manager at small-cap–focused Sterling Partners Equity Advisors, which owns more than $2 million worth of Atlas stock, accounting for about 2% of its assets under management. “The debt helps equity holders if you have steady profit margins and can use it for growth.”\nAnd Atlas has substantial opportunities for growth. Beyond the infrastructure-bill boost, Atlas has a long-term strategy of consolidating the fragmented U.S. inspection-services market while reducing its debt levels. Both should increase its appeal to investors and earn it a higher valuation multiple.\nThe Austin, Texas–headquartered company went public inearly 2020via a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company, or SPAC. The deal saddled the company with a convoluted capital structure, including multiple share classes, outstanding warrants, and other complications. That complexity has probably kept some investors away, as has Atlas’ relatively high debt load, which comes to 5.5 times net debt to 2021 Ebitda.\n\nAtlas has reduced that complexity—redeeming its preferred equity, buying out warrants, and increasing the stock’s publicly traded float—and is focused on bringing its net debt below three times Ebitda.\nAtlas is forecast to grow sales 13% this year, to $530 million, with Ebitda up 21%, to $76 million.\nIts customers include state departments of transportation, private building owners, electric and water utilities, airports, schools, hospitals, and more. Its national presence and leading scale helps win and retain marquee projects and big clients, including the U.S. Postal Service, the Environmental Protection Agency, the New York City Housing Authority, Stanford University,Walmart(WMT), andApple(AAPL).\nAtlas earned $64 million in adjusted Ebitda over the past four reported quarters, while it had a net loss of $18 million. As of the end of the first quarter, the company had a backlog of $689 million, or more than 140% of its last 12 months’ revenue of $482 million. “I’ve been in this business for 30 years, and it’s by far the highest I’ve seen,” Atlas CEO Joe Boyer tellsBarron’s.\nAbout 70% of the company’s revenue comes from work on existing buildings, pipes, roads, and bridges. Those jobs are nondiscretionary: As we’ve tragically learned at times, infrastructure needs to be inspected and brought up to code at regular intervals, no matter what the economic or pandemic situation is.\nThe remaining 30% of Atlas’ sales are tied to new construction, which dipped during the pandemic but is nearly back to pre-Covid-19 levels, according to Boyer.\nA long-term trend toward outsourcing services by cities and states, stricter environmental standards, and aging infrastructure in the U.S. have been drivers of Atlas’ organic growth in recent years.\nThat trend has been responsible for about half of Atlas’ 20% compound annual growth in sales since 2016, when it was owned by private-equity firm Bernhard Capital Partners. The other avenue for growth has been Atlas’ acquisition strategy.\n“The idea is to find a company in a geography or a service that we don’t dominate in, bring it onto our platform, and cross-sell across our network,” Boyer says.\nAtlas’ sweet spot for acquisition targets is about $5 million to $20 million in Ebitda, The company typically pays four to six times Ebitda in a mix of cash and stock. That makes each deal immediately accretive to earnings.\nAs a small and relatively young public company, Atlas gets minimal coverage from Wall Street, but the three analysts who cover the firm are bullish. “We think the company is in end markets that are strong or recovering; they’ve been winning large contracts, and its backlog has been growing,” says Stifel analyst Noelle Dilts. “So, we feel good about the fundamental revenue outlook.”\nShe rates Atlas a Buy, with a $14.50 price target, or 11 times her estimate of 2022 Ebitda, which doesn’t include any upside from a potential infrastructure bill. Using a 15 times Ebitda multiple, Sterling’s Silverman sees shares going to $43 three years from now, as debt paydown continues and earnings rise.\nAtlas’ balance sheet remains a fixer-upper, but the company has the right foundation.","news_type":1,"symbols_score_info":{}},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":1241,"commentLimit":10,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"symbols":[],"verified":2,"subType":0,"readableState":1,"langContent":"EN","currentLanguage":"EN","warmUpFlag":false,"orderFlag":false,"shareable":true,"causeOfNotShareable":"","featuresForAnalytics":[],"commentAndTweetFlag":false,"andRepostAutoSelectedFlag":false,"upFlag":false,"length":8,"xxTargetLangEnum":"ORIG"},"commentList":[],"hasMoreComment":false,"orderType":2}

Infrastructure Spending Is on Its Way. Here’s a Cheap Way to Play It<blockquote>基础设施支出正在路上。这里有一个便宜的玩法</blockquote>

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