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IES Holdings, Inc. (IESC)

Industrials | Engineering & Construction | Sugar Land, United States | NasdaqGM
537.58 USD +54.20 (11.213%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 539.36 +1.78 (0.331%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 7:17 p.m. EDT)

Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 12:22 a.m. EDT

Despite robust fundamentals showing a 65.8% earnings growth trajectory and a high short ratio indicating potential selling pressure, IES Holdings is showing clear signs of near-term distribution via options flow. Speculators have placed a massive protective put wall at the 400-410 strike range for the next two weeks, causing implied volatility to spike to unmanageable levels on deep out-of-the-money downside strikes. This 'disaster insurance' positioning, combined with a forecasting model predicting an -8% drift, suggests the market is pricing in a high-probability decline before the next quarterly catalyst, even if the 52-week high trading zone is technically resilient.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.060854
AutoARIMA0.061939
AutoETS0.062088
AutoTheta0.064105

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 80%
H-stat 0.48
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.323
Excess Kurtosis -0.43
Attribute Value
Sector Industrials
Debt to Equity Ratio 6.816
Revenue per Share 175.594
Market Cap 10,712,894,464
Trailing P/E 31.94
Beta 1.67
Profit Margins 9.77%
Website https://www.ies-co.com

As of April 19, 2026, 12:22 a.m. EDT: Speculator activity shows significant put skew in the near term. April (2-week) puts exhibit massive OTM volume (251 vs 15 ITM) and high Open Interest at 400/400 strikes suggesting a 'floor' defense strategy or high conviction downside risk pricing. Despite this, OTM put volume dominates overall OTM positioning. Conversely, call positioning remains slightly overweight OTM across multiple expirations (May, Dec), but the April call data shows heavy ITM Open Interest (387 vs 289 OTM), implying speculators are hedging long exposure near current levels. The extremely high IV on deep OTM April puts (776%+, 554%) suggests a specific, non-beta event-driven fear or earnings crash insurance purchase. The forecasting model predicts an -8.06% adjustment over 45 days, aligning with the speculative put skew.


Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 2.206179
Address1 13,131 Dairy Ashford Rd
Address2 Suite 500
All Time High 546.35
All Time Low 1.75
Ask 540.44
Ask Size 1
Audit Risk 3
Average Daily Volume10 Day 203,330
Average Daily Volume3 Month 209,953
Average Volume 209,953
Average Volume10Days 203,330
Beta 1.672
Bid 535.33
Bid Size 1
Board Risk 7
Book Value 48.229
City Sugar Land
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 7
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 537.58
Current Ratio 1.803
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 539.29
Day Low 494.94
Debt To Equity 6.816
Display Name IES
Earnings Growth 0.658
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.624
Earnings Timestamp 1,769,779,800
Earnings Timestamp End 1,777,638,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,777,638,600
Ebitda 456,259,008
Ebitda Margins 0.13063
Enterprise To Ebitda 23.066
Enterprise To Revenue 3.013
Enterprise Value 10,524,072,960
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 16.83
Esg Populated 0
Exchange NGM
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 484.3178
Fifty Day Average Change 53.262207
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.10997367
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 220.61789
Fifty Two Week High 546.35
Fifty Two Week High Change -8.7699585
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.016051905
Fifty Two Week Low 164.12
Fifty Two Week Low Change 373.46002
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 2.2755303
Fifty Two Week Range 164.12 - 546.35
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 885,997,800,000
Float Shares 9,116,860
Free Cashflow 210,434,624
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGM
Full Time Employees 10,262
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.25809
Gross Profits 901,484,992
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.03223
Held Percent Institutions 0.97157997
Implied Shares Outstanding 19,927,999
Industry Engineering & Construction
Industry Disp Engineering & Construction
Industry Key engineering-construction
Ir Website http://www.ies-corporate.com/investors/stock-information.html
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Fiscal Year End 1,759,190,400
Last Split Date 1,147,651,200
Last Split Factor 1,000:17092
Long Business Summary IES Holdings, Inc. designs and installs integrated electrical and technology systems and provides infrastructure products and services in the United States. The Communications segment designs, builds, and maintains communications infrastructure within data centers for co-location and managed hosting customers; corporate, educational, financial, hospitality, and healthcare buildings; e-commerce distribution centers; and high-tech manufacturing facilities. It also designs and installs audio/visual, telephone, fire, and wireless access and intrusion alarm systems; and engages in designing/building, servicing, and maintaining data network systems. The Residential segment offers electrical installations to single-family housing and multi-family apartments; heating, ventilation and air conditioning and plumbing installation services; and cable television installations to residential and light commercial applications, as well as installs residential solar power for new construction and existing residences. The Infrastructure Solutions segment maintains and repairs alternating and direct current electric motors and generators, and power generating and distribution equipment; manufactures custom-engineered metal enclosed bus duct solutions used in power distribution; manufactures custom commercial and industrial generator enclosures; manufactures, re-manufactures, and repairs industrial lifting magnets; and maintains and repairs railroad main and auxiliary generators, main alternators, and traction motors. The Commercial & Industrial segment offers electrical and mechanical design, construction, and maintenance services for office buildings, manufacturing facilities, data centers, wind farms, solar facilities, municipal infrastructures, and health care facilities. The company was formerly known as Integrated Electrical Services, Inc. and changed its name to IES Holdings, Inc. in May 2016. IES Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Sugar Land, Texas.
Long Name IES Holdings, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 10,712,894,464
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_377023
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Net Income To Common 338,924,992
Next Fiscal Year End 1,790,726,400
Non Diluted Market Cap 10,713,092,982
Number Of Analyst Opinions 1
Open 501.4
Operating Cashflow 276,536,992
Operating Margins 0.112749994
Overall Risk 6
Payout Ratio 0.0
Phone 713 860 1500
Post Market Change 1.7799683
Post Market Change Percent 0.3311076
Post Market Price 539.36
Post Market Time 1,776,467,842
Previous Close 483.38
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 11.146406
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 3.0670671
Profit Margins 0.09766
Quick Ratio 1.581
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 54.2
Regular Market Change Percent 11.2127
Regular Market Day High 539.29
Regular Market Day Low 494.94
Regular Market Day Range 494.94 - 539.29
Regular Market Open 501.4
Regular Market Previous Close 483.38
Regular Market Price 537.58
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,000
Regular Market Volume 228,185
Return On Assets 0.17434
Return On Equity 0.41739
Revenue Growth 0.162
Revenue Per Share 175.594
Sand P52 Week Change 0.38150132
Sector Industrials
Sector Disp Industrials
Sector Key industrials
Share Holder Rights Risk 6
Shares Outstanding 19,927,999
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.040999997
Shares Short 816,485
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 868,321
Short Name IES Holdings, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.119799994
Short Ratio 4.13
Source Interval 15
State TX
Symbol IESC
Target High Price 458.0
Target Low Price 458.0
Target Mean Price 458.0
Target Median Price 458.0
Total Cash 258,744,000
Total Cash Per Share 12.984
Total Debt 65,793,000
Total Revenue 3,492,879,104
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps 16.83
Trailing P E 31.941772
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 407.9885
Two Hundred Day Average Change 129.59152
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.31763524
Type Disp Equity
Volume 228,185
Website https://www.ies-co.com
Zip 77,478