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How much would a company like Turner Industries be worth?

Posted on 7/3/23 at 6:59 pm
Posted by TigerBaron
Member since Apr 2023
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Posted on 7/3/23 at 6:59 pm
Was arguing with a guy about this.

CB&I bought Shaw for $3 Billion in 2012 and Shaw was by all accounts a bigger company than Turner and I think even Fortune 500.

What factors go into valuating a billion contractor company like this?

Any Finance/Economics guys want to chime in.
This post was edited on 7/4/23 at 3:14 pm
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
48830 posts
Posted on 7/3/23 at 7:01 pm to
Shaw had an agreement to purchase Turner maybe 12-15 years ago but Turner backed out due to Shaw not agreeing to all of the conditions.
This post was edited on 7/3/23 at 7:03 pm
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
73681 posts
Posted on 7/3/23 at 7:01 pm to
quote:

What factors go into valuating a billion contractor company like this?


If you gotta ask, you can't afford it
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
98362 posts
Posted on 7/3/23 at 7:03 pm to
Tree fiddy
Posted by stout
Smoking Crack with Hunter Biden
Member since Sep 2006
167525 posts
Posted on 7/3/23 at 7:03 pm to
$3.50 Billion
Posted by billjamin
Houston
Member since Jun 2019
12658 posts
Posted on 7/3/23 at 7:05 pm to
Enterprise valuations is a pretty bizarre thing. Different industries have wildly different EBITDA multipliers, some are asset or capital heavy, is the management team exiting or staying, is that a good or bad thing? And so much more. No one can value a company, even a publicly traded one without a ton of diligence.
Posted by PapaPogey
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
39550 posts
Posted on 7/3/23 at 7:05 pm to
Assets, liabilities, backlog of work, etc.

No clue what they’d consider selling for though.
Posted by Roberteaux
mandeville
Member since Sep 2009
5813 posts
Posted on 7/3/23 at 7:08 pm to
quote:

CB&I was by all accounts a bigger company than Turner and I think even Fortune 500.


Shaw was indeed a Fortune 500
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
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Posted on 7/3/23 at 7:10 pm to
Not interested in Performance?
Posted by tylerlsu2008
Zurich
Member since Jul 2015
1163 posts
Posted on 7/3/23 at 7:11 pm to
Would need to know EBITDA, margin profile, approximate growth, and end-market exposure (which guides to profits / growth over longer term).

From there you would triangulate against other engineering precedent multiples and comps of publicly traded E&C peers.

So an absolute shot in the dark without knowing those financial items.
Posted by Obtuse1
Westside Bodymore Yo
Member since Sep 2016
25873 posts
Posted on 7/3/23 at 7:22 pm to
As mentioned it is hard to evaluate a business without a lot of due diligence but given their revenue I wouldn't be surprised if it wouldn't trade hands for upwards of $10 billion given revenue tops $2 billion a year.
Posted by SalE
At the beach
Member since Jan 2020
2436 posts
Posted on 7/3/23 at 7:52 pm to
Mr.Bert would be astounded.
Posted by LaBR4
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
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Posted on 7/3/23 at 7:57 pm to
Posted by dgnx6
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2006
68951 posts
Posted on 7/3/23 at 8:27 pm to
Seeing the 80s and 90s seem focused on needing fabricators and welders no wonder my uncle always told me to skip college and go into welding.

quote:

The Turner group enters the fabrication business, forming International Piping Systems, and introduces a pipe bending process that revolutionizes the pipe fabrication business in the United States. The company participates in many of the large industrial construction projects being built in the Gulf South at the time.


quote:

Industrial specialty services, such as NDE and inspection services, specialized welding, and environmental remediation are added to fill client needs as they arise. Proprietary technology is developed to better track and manage work.



And now current…


quote:

A main focus at Turner today is digitizing the wealth of data generated by our employees and at our clients’ jobsites to make data-driven decisions that reduct costs, save time, and improve safety metrics. Our ever-evolving DECIDE WITH DATA® software and services portfolio offers a digital ”toolbox” that can solve critical client productivity, reliability, and safety issues.


Well damn



This post was edited on 7/3/23 at 8:41 pm
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
164354 posts
Posted on 7/3/23 at 8:28 pm to
I’m more interested in how much SoChem is worth
Posted by BeerMoney
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2012
8401 posts
Posted on 7/3/23 at 8:34 pm to
If I recall, they have 1-1.5 billion dollars annually of just regular maintenance contracts. Another billion in projects. Probably would sell for over 10 billion. They are a huge employer in Louisiana and have been steadily growing in Texas.
Posted by latech15
Member since Aug 2015
1175 posts
Posted on 7/3/23 at 8:58 pm to
quote:

CB&I bought Shaw for $3 Billion in 2012


Quite possibly one of the worst financial decisions in the history of Louisiana business.

On a side note: remember all the insider trading that went on around that sale? Seems like I remember a Ruston dentist getting busted as well as a few others.
Posted by VO7TIGER1
Member since May 2019
38 posts
Posted on 7/3/23 at 9:23 pm to
Let me ask Google.
Posted by James11111
Walnut Creek
Member since Jul 2020
4688 posts
Posted on 7/3/23 at 10:24 pm to
quote:

CB&I bought Shaw for $3 Billion in 2012


Bernhard sold CB&I a lemon. Good for him I guess, getting out when he had over-leveraged and fricked everything up.
Posted by cubsfinger
On The Road
Member since Mar 2017
1562 posts
Posted on 7/3/23 at 10:58 pm to
I was working at CB&I in st charles not long after they merged. They had a huge shop and it was very nice. Nicer than the refineries for sure
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