Comfort Systems USA Inc Management Meetings: Demand/Margin Backdrops Remain Robust; Thoughts on Earnings Setup

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Comfort Systems USA Inc Management Meetings: Demand/Margin Backdrops Remain Robust; Thoughts on Earnings Setup

10.68 10.42

to surround a multi-year buildout with new capacity immediately absorbed into Q3E 10.98 10.76

Q4E 11.11 11.42

the market. Increasingly, datacenter demand could be "crowding out" demand

12/26E 43.27 43.08

from more traditional verticals, which could defer construction demand into the

12/27E 53.94 53.44

future. Demand driven by datacenters is strong to a degree that FIX appears to be 12/28E 59.38 67.27

passing up certain large projects that would have been attractive in the past.

Joshua Chan, CFA

Scale enabling hiring advantages. Management believes that in certain Analyst

instances, FIX's scale is providing advantages in contractor hirings. The company joshua.chan@ubs.com

noted that its large electrical subsidiary, Walker Engineering, recently provided off- +1-212-713 9957

cycle wage increases to its employees, supported by strong project demand bid at Karandeep Singhania

healthy margins. In situations where FIX's scale is helping it win large projects at Associate Analyst

good margins, it can also provide attractive wages to employees helping the karandeep.singhania@ubs.com

growth. +1-212-713 4211

Pricing supporting strong margins. The company indicated that a strong Brianna Kamdoum

pricing environment has been the primary driver for recent margin expansion, and Associate Analyst

brianna.kamdoum@ubs.com

reiterated views that margins can be sustained at current strong levels. Pricing

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continues to be strong, supported by the supply-demand imbalance in labor. FIX

indicated that margins in the pipeline may be at least as good as the backlog,

which we believe may provide scope for further margin expansion in the future.