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Dycom Industries$DY · filed: grew revenue 17.9% in FY2026 to $5.5BNew shipNext year $5.5B–$7.1B sealedCheck ▾Close ▴
What Dycom Industries filed
Grew revenue 17.9% in FY2026 to $5.5 billion, equity 31.1% of assets. Every figure links to the filing it came from on Dycom Industries’s card. New ship: no warning signs.
What the house said in advance
Revenue for the fiscal year after 2026-01-31 between $5.5B and $7.1B, an 80% range sealed on 27 Sept 2026 · receipt #f4c429 · graded in public by the revenue in Dycom Industries’s next annual report.
Figures as filed with the SEC. Ranges, scores and boats are statistical descriptions of past filings, not ratings or recommendations. Reporting, not advice.
In plain words
Dycom's MEP acquisitions and **$2.4B** hyperscale bid pipeline position it as AI infrastructure prime, not just fiber subcontractor.
17.8%
year-over-year increase that cleared consensus by
$120 million
The company raised full-year revenue guidance to
$8.5-$9.0 billion
and lifted EBITDA expectations by
$50 million
at the midpoint
Dycom Industries reported fiscal Q1 revenue of $2.1 billion, a 17.8% year-over-year increase that cleared consensus by $120 million. The company raised full-year revenue guidance to $8.8-$9.2 billion from $8.5-$9.0 billion and lifted EBITDA expectations by $50 million at the midpoint. The stock rose 12.4% in morning trading, closing at $187.32.
The quarter's strength came from three channels: legacy telecom contracts that still represent 61% of revenue, rural broadband deployment tied to BEAD allocations in 14 states, and three acquisitions completed since October that collectively add 1,200 technicians with expertise in mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems for hyperscale data centers. Management disclosed that the largest acquisition, a $340 million all-cash purchase of a Virginia-based MEP contractor, closed 18 days before the quarter ended and contributed $87 million in Q1 revenue. The company now holds active or pending contracts with four of the five largest U.S. cloud providers.
The strategic shift matters because hyperscale data center construction is moving from a telecom adjacency to a core infrastructure vertical. Dycom's traditional fiber and outside plant work positions crews on-site early in the development cycle, but the MEP acquisitions allow the company to bid as prime contractor for the power distribution, cooling systems, and backup generation that represent 40-50% of total project costs. Management noted that AI training clusters require 3-5x the power density of traditional cloud workloads, with cooling systems sized accordingly. The company is now pre-qualified for $2.4 billion in pending bids across nine states, with award decisions expected between April and June.
Allocators should track three events: Dycom's Q2 earnings in late May, which will show the first full-quarter contribution from the Virginia MEP acquisition; the June BEAD allocation announcements from eight states that represent $6.1 billion in rural fiber spending; and the expected IPO filing from CoreWeave in Q2, which would provide comparable valuation multiples for infrastructure contractors serving AI workloads. Management guided Q2 revenue to $2.25-$2.35 billion, implying sequential growth even before additional acquisitions.
The company's balance sheet shows $1.1 billion in liquidity after the recent acquisitions, with net leverage at 1.8x EBITDA. Management indicated willingness to pursue one or two additional MEP targets in the $150-$250 million range if pre-qualified bidding pipelines support the capacity. The next material disclosure will be the 10-Q filing on February 26, which should detail contract backlog by vertical and customer concentration metrics for the hyperscale segment.
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For the principal
Track CoreWeave IPO comps in Q2; Dycom's 1.8x leverage allows two more MEP bolt-ons before capital structure questions arise.
For the operator
Watch June BEAD allocations across eight states; $6.1B rural fiber spend flows through Dycom's legacy book at 14-16% margins.
For the house
Long DY equity via April $195 calls; hedge with short position in traditional telecom contractors lacking hyperscale exposure.
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