Parsons Corporation

NYSE:PSN Stock Report

Market Cap: US$9.0b

Parsons Valuation

Is PSN undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of PSN when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

US$94.95
Fair Value
12.4% undervalued intrinsic discount
9
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: PSN ($83.17) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($94.95)

Significantly Below Fair Value: PSN is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for PSN?

Key metric: As PSN is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for PSN. This is calculated by dividing PSN's market cap by their current earnings.
What is PSN's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio35.9x
EarningsUS$247.56m
Market CapUS$8.98b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does PSN's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for PSN vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average46.9x
CACI CACI International
22.8x7.78%US$11.4b
BAH Booz Allen Hamilton Holding
11.6x-7.50%US$11.9b
AMTM Amentum Holdings
106.1x44.74%US$5.6b
ULS UL Solutions
47x12.73%US$15.5b
PSN Parsons
35.9x10.46%US$9.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: PSN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (35.9x) compared to the peer average (46.9x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does PSN's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Professional Services Industry?

8 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
CIH China Index Holdings
3.5xn/aUS$87.15m
STCN Steel Connect
3.8xn/aUS$78.15m
ALJJ ALJ Regional Holdings
0.7xn/aUS$70.26m
LGCL Lucas GC
1.7xn/aUS$10.27m
PSN 35.9xIndustry Avg. 24.8xNo. of Companies9PE01632486480+
8 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: PSN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (35.9x) compared to the US Professional Services industry average (25.4x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is PSN's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

PSN PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio35.9x
Fair PE Ratio26.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: PSN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (35.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (26.3x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst PSN forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$83.17
US$89.33
+7.41%
5.78%US$100.00US$83.00n/a9
Oct ’26US$85.24
US$87.89
+3.11%
7.08%US$100.00US$80.00n/a9
Sep ’26US$80.10
US$87.00
+8.61%
5.51%US$95.00US$80.00n/a10
Aug ’26US$73.72
US$83.10
+12.72%
9.80%US$95.00US$65.00n/a10
Jul ’26US$72.77
US$80.21
+10.22%
11.19%US$95.00US$65.00n/a10
Jun ’26US$64.84
US$80.79
+24.59%
14.24%US$100.00US$65.00n/a9
May ’26US$63.90
US$81.01
+26.77%
13.41%US$100.00US$65.00n/a9
Apr ’26US$59.56
US$88.24
+48.15%
21.35%US$122.12US$56.00n/a9
Mar ’26US$58.22
US$91.12
+56.52%
23.79%US$130.00US$56.00n/a9
Feb ’26US$79.27
US$115.31
+45.47%
9.42%US$130.00US$100.00n/a10
Jan ’26US$92.25
US$121.71
+31.94%
5.78%US$130.00US$110.00n/a10
Dec ’25US$95.91
US$120.91
+26.07%
7.03%US$130.00US$103.00n/a10
Nov ’25US$108.69
US$119.91
+10.32%
8.47%US$130.00US$100.00n/a10
Oct ’25US$104.80
US$103.67
-1.08%
6.17%US$115.00US$92.00US$85.249
Sep ’25US$95.46
US$103.80
+8.74%
5.86%US$115.00US$92.00US$80.1010
Aug ’25US$88.53
US$100.50
+13.52%
7.94%US$115.00US$90.00US$73.7210
Jul ’25US$80.20
US$89.30
+11.35%
9.30%US$100.00US$68.00US$72.7710
Jun ’25US$76.15
US$89.10
+17.01%
9.14%US$100.00US$68.00US$64.8410
May ’25US$77.63
US$86.80
+11.81%
10.51%US$100.00US$68.00US$63.9010
Apr ’25US$83.20
US$82.10
-1.32%
8.55%US$90.00US$68.00US$59.5610
Mar ’25US$80.82
US$80.40
-0.52%
7.51%US$90.00US$68.00US$58.2210
Feb ’25US$65.50
US$71.20
+8.70%
6.55%US$80.00US$64.00US$79.2710
Jan ’25US$62.71
US$70.89
+13.04%
10.79%US$90.00US$62.00US$92.259
Dec ’24US$63.48
US$70.89
+11.67%
10.79%US$90.00US$62.00US$95.919
Nov ’24US$61.07
US$63.67
+4.25%
9.82%US$74.00US$53.00US$108.699
Oct ’24US$54.35
US$60.78
+11.83%
6.75%US$66.00US$53.00US$104.809
US$89.33
Fair Value
6.9% undervalued intrinsic discount
9
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/10/16 14:17
End of Day Share Price 2025/10/16 00:00
Earnings2025/06/30
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Parsons Corporation is covered by 14 analysts. 10 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Andrew WittmannBaird
Mariana Perez MoraBofA Global Research
Noah PoponakGoldman Sachs