IES Holdings, Inc. (IESC)
Industrials · construction and engineering services · NASDAQ
IES Holdings is a diversified contractor providing essential electrical, mechanical, and communications infrastructure services across commercial, industrial, and residential markets.
What IES Holdings, Inc. does
IES Holdings is a holding company that operates through a diversified set of subsidiaries providing electrical, mechanical, and communications contracting services. Its operations include infrastructure installation, systems integration, and specialized equipment manufacturing for a wide range of commercial, industrial, and residential applications. The company grows both organically and through strategic acquisitions of complementary businesses.
Themes: infrastructure construction, electrical and mechanical services, systems integration, M&A-led growth
Fundamentals
- Price$331.48 as of 2026-08-26 close
- Market cap$6.6B as of 2026-08-26
- 1-year return-7.5% 2025-08-26 close $358.39 → 2026-08-26 close $331.48
- P/E14.67 as of 2026-08-26
- Net margin+11.4% as of 2026-08-26
- Gross margin+26.3% as of 2026-08-26
- ROE+44.0% as of 2026-08-26
- Debt / equity0.00 as of 2026-08-26
- Revenue growth (YoY)+57.0% as of 2026-08-26
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+15.9% SEC XBRL
- Beta2.17 as of 2026-08-26
- Last reported earnings2026-07-31 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +0.1%; pays a dividend.
How IESC compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiobottom 25% 348 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-26
- net profit marginmiddle range 457 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-26
- operating marginmiddle range 457 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-26
- gross marginmiddle range 455 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-26
- return on equitytop 10% 460 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-26
- 3-year revenue CAGRtop 25% 426 covered Industrials peers
- indicated dividend yieldbottom 10% 267 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-26
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 414 covered Industrials peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Industrials companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
IESC is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.
Long-term score
60.9 #251 of 1,608 scored · #17 of 273 in Industrials
Growth 87th (revenue growth year over year 57.1%, 3-year revenue CAGR 15.9%) and profitability 69th (return on equity 44%, operating margin 12.4%); weakest is long-term trend (26th, trading below its 200-day average). Scored on 5 of 6 pillars — it pays a dividend, but its filings carry no per-share series to count increases from; no annual share count in its filings.
Short-term score
31.3 #1553 of 1,696 scored · #250 of 280 in Industrials
Volume and participation 48th: trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average; catalysts 41st: analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading; weakest is setup 19th: day-to-day price swings are unusually wide versus its own recent history (wider than about 99% of the past ~6 months).
Scores as of 25 Aug 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 3.
How IES Holdings, Inc. looks technically
IES Holdings, Inc. (IESC) is trading 39.1% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 307 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. A strong downtrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 26, with sellers in control. Momentum is beaten down — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 26, in oversold territory (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 6 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative). It made a new 20-day low about 2 trading days ago. It is 59.4% below its highest point of the past year.
Trend
7
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 39.1% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend | -39.1% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $665.93 | $665.93 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $544.10 | $544.10 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing high 14 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 14 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 307 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 307 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a strong downtrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 26, with sellers in control | 25.8 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is beaten down — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 26, in oversold territory (below 30) | 25.6 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading right at the bottom of its 14-day range ($307.12 to $816.51) — its "stochastic" reading is 5 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 4.8 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 6 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative) | 6 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $816.51 | $816.51 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 59.4% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -59.4% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 7.9% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +7.9% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 59.4% below its highest point of the past year | 59.4% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 2 trading days ago | 2 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day low about 2 trading days ago | 2 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $816.51 (set on 2026-08-12) | $816.51 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($313.23 to $793.96), and it has recovered only a small part of its fall from last year’s high — 4% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $610.32 to $625.70. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. Worth noting that the whole move happened in 8 days, so it is a narrow thing to be measuring a retracement against. | 3.8% |
| From the all-time high | it is 59.4% below its all-time high | -59.4% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 3.6% above a support level at $319.58 — a price it turned at three times since 2024-12-02, most recently on 2025-08-06. Since 2024-08-26 it has 6 such levels below the current price and 8 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -3.6% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $1.75 (set on 2011-12-30) | $1.75 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 18841.7% above its all-time low | +18,842% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are unusually wide versus its own recent history (wider than about 99% of the past ~6 months) | 99th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $65.23 between its high and its low — about 19.7% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $65.23 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $363.92 and $984.67 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $363.92 – $674.30 – $984.67 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 19.7% in a typical session — among the most volatile in the catalog. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 19.7% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 3.3 daily ranges below its 200-day average price (39.1% below it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 3.3 daily ranges below its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 1.26× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | not available for this company yet | n/a |
Candlestick patterns
1
| Since a hammer | 3 sessions ago, after a stretch of decline, it sold off hard during the session and then closed back near its high — a "hammer", the long lower wick showing the drop was bought back before the close | 3 sessions ago |
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Price gaps
3
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-26 at essentially the same price it closed at the session before — no meaningful overnight gap | -0.0% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 50.7% below the previous close 2 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 685.04 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | -50.7% |
| Gap filled | a 3.6% gap up opened on 2026-08-25 has been "filled" 1 session ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it closed again during the very session that opened it | 1 session ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run | 1 session up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 53.8 percentage points (the stock lost 50.1% while the market gained 3.8%) | -53.8% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 54.5 percentage points (the stock lost 52.4% while the market gained 2.1%) | -54.5% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 46.8 percentage points (the stock lost 35.6% while the market gained 11.1%) | -46.8% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 26.3 percentage points (the stock lost 7.5% while the market gained 18.7%) | -26.3% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 3 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, its RSI momentum gauge is oversold (a beaten-down reading), near the bottom of its 14-day range (oversold) — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 3 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 6 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a strong downtrend, with sellers in control, trading below its 200-day average, a fresh 20-day low, MACD momentum is negative, lagging the market over 6 months, trading below the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 6 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 49% below the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-20 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established downtrend, with the band above acting as the level that would have to be cleared. The band itself is thick, spanning 11.3% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that has held for a while and takes effort to cross. | -49.4% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 43% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $584.67 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 162 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -43.3% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 50% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-07-31 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $664.71 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 19 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -50.1% |
Price levels it has turned at before
IESC last closed at $331.48 on 2026-08-26. Since 2024-08-26 it has turned at 6 prices below its last close and 8 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $319.58 | Support | 3.6% below the last close | turned there three times · 2024-12-02 to 2025-08-06 |
| $357.78 | Resistance | 7.9% above the last close | turned there three times · 2025-08-13 to 2025-10-10 |
| $368.72 | Resistance | 11.2% above the last close | turned there four times · 2025-07-25 to 2026-01-30 |
| $281.86 | Support | 15.0% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-05-14 to 2025-06-09 |
| $392.59 | Resistance | 18.4% above the last close | turned there three times · 2025-09-11 to 2026-03-06 |
| $247.04 | Support | 25.5% below the last close | turned there twice · 2024-11-15 to 2025-02-07 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
No Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings: the recent highs and lows do not satisfy the three rules a five-wave count has to obey, so there is no count to show rather than a count we are unsure about.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-26.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading below the 200-day moving average · Oversold (14-day RSI below 30) · Pulled back from the 12-month high · Broke down to a new 20-day low · lagging the market · Left an unfilled gap (5%+ in the last week) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-26. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Mean price target$850.00 range $850.00 – $850.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-21. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Heavy reliance on fixed-price contracts where inaccurate cost estimations can erode margins.","Exposure to fluctuations in the cost and availability of labor and raw materials like copper, steel, and aluminum.","Integration challenges and potential underperformance associated with the company's acquisition-heavy growth strategy."]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of IESC's 10-Q filed 2026-05-01 against the prior one filed 2026-01-30.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- New section added in newer filing: 'Entering the second half of fiscal 2026, we have significantly expanded our backlog.'
- New statement in newer filing: 'We expect the continuing investments in capacity we have made in recent years, combined with our increased backlog, will drive growth in our business in the second half of the year.'
- New statement in newer filing: 'Multi-family backlog recently has begun to increase, which we expect will benefit us in fiscal 2027.'
- New financial data added: Six Months Ended March 31 comparison table (2026 vs. 2025) with detailed line items
- New narrative: 'Consolidated revenues for the six months ended March 31, 2026 were $261.7 million higher than for the six months ended March 31, 2025, an increase of 16.5%'
- New narrative: 'Consolidated gross profit for the six months ended March 31, 2026 increased $87.9 million compared to the six months ended March 31, 2025.'
- Removed:
- Removed statement: 'Entering fiscal 2026, our business has benefited from strong demand continuing across many of our key end markets. Backlog across our business segments in the aggregate remains high, reflecting strong demand.'
- Removed statement: 'However, availability of labor and capacity could constrain the rate at which we are able to grow our business in this end market.'
- Removed statement: 'As a result, many large home builders have increased their offerings of customer incentives as they focus on maintaining volume through fluctuations in consumer demand.'
- Removed statement: 'Recently, some home builders have focused on reducing existing inventory of homes rather than starting new projects.'
- Removed Three Months Ended December 31 comparison table (2025 vs. 2024)
- Removed Communications segment detailed table and analysis for Three Months Ended December 31, 2025
- Removed Residential segment table header for Three Months Ended December 31, 2025
- Reworded:
- Changed from 'Entering fiscal 2026' to 'Entering the second half of fiscal 2026' - reflects progression through fiscal year
- Replaced 'backlog...remains high, reflecting strong demand' with 'we have significantly expanded our backlog' - stronger language and shift from present state to recent action
- Changed labor/capacity constraint from 'could constrain' to 'remains challenging, and will continue to be an area of focus' - more emphatic tone
- Restructured pressure on pricing: older version mentioned 'customer incentives' and 'reducing existing inventory'; newer version directly states 'large national and regional home builders continue to put pressure on suppliers...to reduce our pricing'
- Changed multi-family outlook from 'reduction in backlog entering fiscal 2026...drive a reduction in multi-family residential revenues for fiscal 2026' to 'reduction in backlog during fiscal 2025...we expect to drive a reduction in multi-family residential revenues for fiscal 2026. Multi-family backlog recently has begun to increase, which we expect will benefit us in fiscal 2027' - more optimistic forward view added
- SG&A discussion changed from mentioning 'continued investment in technology to support the scalability of the business' to omitting this detail in newer filing
- Notes:
- The newer filing text appears truncated at the end ('Commercial & Industrial segme'), preventing full assessment of all changes in the six-month discussion section
- Older filing text also appears truncated ('Residential' segment table incomplete), limiting complete comparison of that section
- Comparison involves different reporting periods (Three Months Ended March 31 in newer vs. December 31 in older), which explains some structural differences beyond editorial changes
Risk Factors
- Reworded:
- Page numbers in table of contents changed from 32-34 (older filing, 2026-01-30) to 38-40 (newer filing, 2026-05-01)
- Notes:
- Both filings contain identical Risk Factors content through the visible text; the primary difference is pagination reflecting different document lengths
- Both texts end mid-sentence at 'the cost or effort required for our shareholders to br', indicating the provided excerpts are truncated at the same point
- Full Risk Factors section content is not fully assessable due to truncation in both source texts
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
0 open-market purchases and 10 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days.
- Last 90 days0 buys · 10 sells ($39M) — 2 selling insiders
- Last 180 days0 buys · 66 sells ($147M) — 4 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-06-12. As of 2026-08-27.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about IESC's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
6 institutional 13F filers reported holding IESC as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 6
- Reported shares held 3,443,473
- Reported value $1,640,713,261
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 0 new, 2 increased, 4 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
IESC had 690,641 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
IESC had 3.47% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 2.9 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 690,641
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 3.47%
- Prior settlement (shares) 593,954
- Reported change 16.28%
- Days to cover (reported) 2.9
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
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Frequently asked questions
What does IES Holdings, Inc. (IESC) do?
IES Holdings is a holding company that operates through a diversified set of subsidiaries providing electrical, mechanical, and communications contracting services. Its operations include infrastructure installation, systems integration, and specialized equipment manufacturing for a wide range of commercial, industrial, and residential applications. The company grows both organically and through strategic acquisitions of complementary businesses.
What sector is IES Holdings, Inc. (IESC) in?
IES Holdings, Inc. (IESC) is classified in the Industrials sector. Its industry is construction and engineering services. It trades on NASDAQ.
Does IESC pay a dividend?
Yes — IES Holdings, Inc. (IESC) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 0.11% (market data, as of 2026-08-26). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are IES Holdings, Inc.'s (IESC) competitors?
Notable peers of IES Holdings, Inc. (IESC) include Emcor Group, Comfort Systems USA, MYR Group, Quanta Services and MasTec. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is IES Holdings, Inc. (IESC) overbought or oversold right now?
IES Holdings, Inc. (IESC) is currently in oversold territory (its 14-day RSI is 26, below 30) (as of 2026-08-26). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on IESC come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-26; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-26. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-26.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.