Company Analysis

Arcosa, Inc. (ACA)

NYSE: ACA · Fabricated Structural Metal Products · Dallas, TX · filing with the SEC since 2018
Grade5.6
◀ Past 5.0● Present 6.2▶ Future 5.4

The grade of Arcosa, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.6/10
◀ Past5.030% of the headline
● Present6.240% of the headline
▶ Future5.430% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.0/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
3.4/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2018; the latest 2026-10-23.

weight 33% of this tense · 34th percentile among 37 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Arcosa, Inc.'s filings since 2018 show 1 warning event: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2026-10-23) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
7.0/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+6% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 70th percentile among 34 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Arcosa, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1.7 billion in fiscal 2016 to $2.9 billion in fiscal 2025, up 6% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 14% from fiscal 2016 to fiscal 2018; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span6.0%top 44% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 25% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 19% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak14.3%top 34% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
3.6/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 0.3% a year. 4% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 36th percentile among 26 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Arcosa, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 0.3% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 4% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-23 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 44% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 28% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.2/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 8%: 8¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 47%: owes 47¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 44th percentile among 34 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Arcosa, Inc. earned about 8 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 13 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 47 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 40% of its family
  • return on equitytop 48% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 25% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 38% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.8/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 22% of 35 in its family; net margin 7.2%.

weight 33% of this tense · 78th percentile among 35 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Arcosa, Inc.'s standing among 35 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $2.9 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 24% by size; a net margin of 7.2% ranks in the top 21%; revenue growth of 8.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 19% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$2.88Btop 24% of its family
  • net margin7.2%top 21% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth8.7%top 19% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
7.5/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 25% of 28 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2018.

weight 22% of this tense · 75th percentile among 28 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Arcosa, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Carrillo, Antonio (President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2018-10-02, 8.1 years (top 26% of its family); the 15 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 8 years (top 29%); 3 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 15 people in charge now (top 21%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge3 in three years among 15 peopletop 21% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed8.0 yearstop 29% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record8.1 yearstop 26% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.4/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 37% of 32 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 37th percentile among 32 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Arcosa, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $215 million against debt of $1.5 billion leaves -26.1% of its assets as net cash, bottom 21% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 6.1% of revenue (top 48%); a gross margin of 22.4% (bottom 38%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-26.1%bottom 21% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue6.1%top 48% of its family
  • gross margin22.4%bottom 38% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
7.4/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 26% of 34 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 74th percentile among 34 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Arcosa, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 8.7% a year over the last three filed years against 6% over all 10, speeding up (top 14% of its family); the newest year grew 12.2% (top 19%); capital spending grew 6.3% a year (top 44%) (its annual reports). Arcosa, Inc. reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Construction Products at $1.3 billion, Engineered Structures at $1.2 billion, Transportation Products at $383 million. 2 of 3 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 45% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+2.7 points a yeartop 14% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth12.2%top 19% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending6.3%top 44% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
5.6/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 44% of 34 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 56th percentile among 34 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Arcosa, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $2.9 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 4.8% above the $2.8 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 46% of its family); net income of $208 million against a prior three-year average of $166 million (top 37%); a net margin of 7.2% against 7.2% before (top 40%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace4.8%bottom 46% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+25%top 37% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+0.1 pointstop 40% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton ACA · research, not advice