Analyst Ratings February 20, 2026

Cantor Fitzgerald Lifts Quanta Services Price Target to $630 Citing Backlog and Durable Demand

Analysts raise targets after strong Q4 2025 results and multi-year visibility into customer spending programs

By Caleb Monroe PWR
Cantor Fitzgerald Lifts Quanta Services Price Target to $630 Citing Backlog and Durable Demand
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Cantor Fitzgerald increased its price target on Quanta Services (PWR) to $630 from $520 while keeping an Overweight rating, pointing to sustained end-market demand, record backlog and multi-year visibility into customer spend. Several other firms also raised targets following Quanta's better-than-expected fourth-quarter 2025 results and upbeat fiscal 2026 guidance.

Key Points

  • Cantor Fitzgerald raised its price target on Quanta Services to $630 from $520 and kept an Overweight rating; the stock traded at $556.64, up 97% over the past year and 31% year-to-date.
  • The firm points to durable end-market demand, record backlog and multi-year visibility into customer spend programs as the basis for confidence in Quanta’s outlook; key demand drivers include utility modernization, large-load demand (especially data centers) and growing power generation needs.
  • Quanta topped fourth-quarter 2025 estimates with adjusted EPS of $3.16 versus a $3.12 consensus and revenue of $7.8 billion versus an expected $7.37 billion, prompting multiple brokerages to raise price targets.

Cantor Fitzgerald on Thursday raised its price objective for Quanta Services (PWR) to $630 from $520, while maintaining an Overweight rating on the engineering and construction specialist. The firm cited what it described as durable end-market demand, multi-year backlog visibility and disciplined risk management as the rationale for the higher target. At the time of the note the stock traded at $556.64, representing a roughly 97% gain over the past year and a 31% increase year-to-date.

In its analysis, Cantor Fitzgerald positioned Quanta at the center of a multi-year North American infrastructure cycle driven by several structural trends: utility modernization, rising large-load demand - with particular emphasis on data centers - and growing power generation needs. The firm highlighted that confidence in the company’s forward outlook is supported by a record backlog and multi-year visibility into customer spend programs.

Cantor Fitzgerald argued that the combination of sustained demand and a high degree of execution certainty continues to set Quanta apart within the broader engineering and construction sector. Market data indicate the company is trading near its 52-week high with a market capitalization reported at $83.2 billion, though those same valuation measures may imply the stock sits above a referenced fair-value assessment.

Quanta’s most recent quarter reinforced that narrative. The company reported fourth-quarter 2025 results that topped analyst expectations, with adjusted earnings per share of $3.16 versus a consensus estimate of $3.12 and revenue of $7.8 billion compared with an anticipated $7.37 billion. The earnings beat and management’s fiscal 2026 guidance prompted a wave of target increases across the brokerage community.

Truist Securities raised its price target to $643, pointing to the quarter’s earnings outperformance and guidance that exceeded Wall Street’s outlook. DA Davidson lifted its target to $575, citing the solid fourth-quarter showing and corresponding adjustments to its earnings model. BMO Capital moved its target to $600, explicitly noting that the company’s robust fiscal 2026 guidance was in part driven by acquisitions totaling more than $1.7 billion. Bernstein and SocGen Group revised their target to $515, underscoring Quanta’s guidance for roughly 20% earnings growth in 2026 and substantial growth prospects across multiple end markets.

Taken together, these analyst actions reflect a broadly constructive stance on Quanta’s near-term prospects, anchored by backlog levels and multi-year visibility into customer programs. The commentary from multiple firms also highlights the company’s exposure to sectors that are central to North America’s infrastructure expansion: utilities, large-load customers such as data centers, and power generation projects.

For investors and industry observers, the confluence of a strong backlog, reported quarterly outperformance and raised analyst targets offers evidence of momentum. At the same time, market valuations and the role of recent acquisitions are now receiving greater scrutiny as stakeholders weigh Quanta’s growth trajectory against current pricing.

Separately, an evaluation service referenced in market data tools monitors PWR alongside thousands of other companies using a suite of financial metrics. That service notes additional analytic tips for subscribers interested in deeper company-level detail.

Risks

  • Valuation headwinds - market capitalization of $83.2 billion and trading near a 52-week high suggest current valuations may be above a referenced fair-value assessment, creating valuation risk for equity investors; sectors impacted include engineering and construction and infrastructure-related equities.
  • Dependence on customer spend programs - the company’s multi-year visibility into customer spending underpins the bullish case, so any material changes to those programs could affect revenue visibility; sectors affected include utilities, data center construction and power generation.
  • Acquisition-driven guidance - BMO noted that more than $1.7 billion of acquisitions contributed to fiscal 2026 guidance, introducing integration and execution risks tied to M&A activity in the engineering and construction sector.

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