What Happened?
Shares of infrastructure solutions provider Quanta (NYSE: PWR) fell 1.3% in the afternoon session after the major indices continued to retreat (Nasdaq -1.5%, S&P 500 -1.2%) amid profit-taking and renewed concerns about tariffs. Investors reacted to a federal court ruling that most of President Trump's global tariffs were illegal, raising uncertainty over trade policy and the fiscal impact of potential refunds. Rising Treasury yields added to the pressure, with the 10-year climbing above 4.2% and the 30-year nearing 5%, intensifying worries about stretched equity valuations. September's historically weak track record for stocks further dampened sentiment, leaving traders cautious ahead of the jobs report later in the week and the Federal Reserve's upcoming rate decision.
The stock market overreacts to news, and big price drops can present good opportunities to buy high-quality stocks. Is now the time to buy Quanta? Access our full analysis report here, it’s free.
What Is The Market Telling Us
Quanta’s shares are not very volatile and have only had 8 moves greater than 5% over the last year. In that context, today’s move indicates the market considers this news meaningful, although it might not be something that would fundamentally change its perception of the business.
The biggest move we wrote about over the last year was 4 months ago when the stock gained 11.9% on the news that the company reported strong first quarter 2025 results which significantly beat analysts' expectations across revenue, EPS, and EBITDA, and included a raise to full-year guidance that outperformed Wall Street's estimates. Overall, we think this was a solid quarter with some key metrics above expectations.
Quanta is up 18.3% since the beginning of the year, but at $373.16 per share, it is still trading 11.5% below its 52-week high of $421.68 from July 2025. Investors who bought $1,000 worth of Quanta’s shares 5 years ago would now be looking at an investment worth $6,996.
Today’s young investors won’t have read the timeless lessons in Gorilla Game: Picking Winners In High Technology because it was written more than 20 years ago when Microsoft and Apple were first establishing their supremacy. But if we apply the same principles, then enterprise software stocks leveraging their own generative AI capabilities may well be the Gorillas of the future. So, in that spirit, we are excited to present our Special Free Report on a profitable, fast-growing enterprise software stock that is already riding the automation wave and looking to catch the generative AI next.
