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    Construction Partners (ROAD) Is Up 15.6% After Raising 2026 Guidance On Record Backlog And Acquisitions - Has The Bull Case Changed?

    Simply Wall St·02/08/2026 20:05:32
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    • Construction Partners, Inc. reported first‑quarter fiscal 2026 results on February 5, 2026, with revenue rising to US$809.47 million and net income improving to US$17.21 million, and it raised full‑year guidance to revenue of about US$3.48–3.56 billion and net income of US$154.0–158.0 million.
    • Beyond the headline beat, the company’s record multi‑billion‑dollar backlog and recent Houston and Daytona Beach acquisitions expanded its footprint in key Sunbelt infrastructure markets.
    • We’ll now examine how this raised full‑year guidance, underpinned by a record backlog, affects Construction Partners’ broader investment narrative.

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    What Is Construction Partners' Investment Narrative?

    To own Construction Partners, you have to buy into a fairly simple idea: that a focused civil infrastructure contractor with a dense Sunbelt footprint can turn steady public and private road spending into growing earnings over time. The latest quarter, with US$809.47 million in revenue, a swing back to profit and raised full year guidance, reinforces that narrative by backing management’s confidence with numbers and a record multi billion dollar backlog. In the near term, the key catalysts remain the pace of contract awards in its core states, successful integration of the recent Houston and Daytona Beach deals, and any further guidance moves. The main tension is that the share price has run hard on strong results while valuation is already rich, so execution missteps or funding setbacks could matter more from here.

    However, investors also need to weigh how rich the current valuation already looks. Construction Partners' shares are on the way up, but they could be overextended by 31%. Uncover the fair value now.

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    Three Simply Wall St Community fair value estimates range from about US$96.94 to US$167.14, underlining how far apart individual views sit. Set against raised guidance and a record backlog, that spread shows why it can help to compare multiple perspectives before deciding how much of the company’s execution risk you are comfortable with.

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