$26.60

2.46 (10.19%)

10/13/2008 2:41 PM

URS Corp (URS)

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An engineering design services firm and an U.S. federal government contractor for systems engineering and technical assistance and operations and maintenance services.

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URS Corp At A Glance

Current Price:	$26.60
Last Trade Time:	10/13/2008 2:41 PM
Open:	$25.52
Previous Close:	$24.14
Daily Range:	$24.94 - $27.24
52-Week Range:	$20.53 - $64.19
Volume:	624,449
Market Cap:	$3.63B
P/E Ratio:	17.86
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Other News Headlines for URS

SGT gets $120M contract from Entergy Operations
10/3/2008 9:41:00 AM - AP
URS' EG&G unit gets $40.8M Navy contract
10/1/2008 12:00:00 PM - AP
URS gets $879M engineering contract
9/18/2008 10:14:00 AM - AP
URS gets $600 million contract from We Energies
9/11/2008 9:31:00 AM - AP

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Avatar Atwater2 (37.47) Submitted: 9/10/07 1:45 PM

The ageing US infrastructure will bring increasing amounts of business to URS. They are also positioned to service global demands.

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Avatar ferjen (< 20) Submitted: 11/21/07 8:48 PM

I work for a government agency in the Engineering/Construction business and money is drying up due to rising prices for fuel, materials, and property. This translates to fewer projects and less work. Plus, URS has a crapload of debt the last time I checked. Nothing against the company, just the s...More

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Recs 0 (URS) HB2 (86.40) Submitted: 10/08/08 1:29 PM : Start Price: $27.54 URS Score: 3.92 In my personal portfolio. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (URS) ebleeke (63.33) Submitted: 9/26/08 3:32 AM : Start Price: $38.94 URS Score: -12.93 This is a very tempered recommendation. I don't personally like the way URS does business. Engineering design services is currently in a wave of consolidation, large firm growth is being driven by acquisition rather than internal growth. In contrast to many of their rivals, URS doesn't purchase smaller firms for integration, but rather for the strength and value of their government contracts. I think in the long term this is bad business. So a beginning caveat, I like the industry URS is in more than the company itself. Here's an excerpt from the industry's flagship publication, ENR, regarding growth rates for the industry: "ENR’s list of the Top 500 Design Firms. As a group, they generated a total of $80.62 billion in revenue last year, up 15.8% from $69.61 billion in 2006. This growth was reflected in domestic and international markets, with U.S. projects yielding revenue of $60.95 billion in 2007, up 11.4% from 2006. Revenue from projects outside the U.S. grew 32% for the Top 500, to $19.67 billion. " The US Infrastructure is crumbling, The American Society of Civil Engineers estimates that there's an immediate need for $1.6 trillion in infrastructure work. This is work that NEEDS to get done, and eventually money will be found in municipal and state governments. All this leads to huge growth for the industry. I think the company will perform better as it digests some of the larger acquisitions it's made over the past couple years (Specifically WGI). However, for a longer term play in the industry, look to AE firms(Architecture/Engineering) that will have better operating margins. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (URS) dbhealy (99.88) Submitted: 7/28/08 6:14 PM : Start Price: $41.54 URS Score: -13.79 deej blog rec - his case for this company is compelling Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (URS) tuckerchloe (< 20) Submitted: 6/20/08 8:07 PM : Start Price: $45.97 URS Score: -15.19 A play on the build-out of infrastructure in the nuclear markets with a solid backlog of construction and federal/defense work. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (URS) jjjohnson30 (< 20) Submitted: 5/17/08 11:35 PM : Start Price: $46.67 URS Score: -10.61 There is no way that this stock does not go back to $60 per share. Compare it to JEC and it looks like a gold mine. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out.
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