Parsons Corporation (PSN)Technology | Information Technology Services | Chantilly, United States | NYSE
55.75 USD
-0.27
(-0.482%) ⇩
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 55.68 -0.07 (-0.070%) ⇩ (April 17, 2026, 7:58 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Dividends: ★☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 6:35 p.m. EDT
Parsons (PSN) is currently facing a severe 'value trap' scenario where the recent -7.5% revenue growth has triggered a sell-off, compounded by an unforgiving earnings cut (only +2.6% quarterly growth). While the analyst consensus and forward PE (15x) suggest value, the fundamental narrative is negative. The massive disparity in options volatility (puts trading at >170% vs calls at <1%) signals deep fear and a market expecting further near-term declines before any consolidation. Avoid for cutting; volatile but fundamentally weakening. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoETS ✓ | 0.172208 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.172209 |
| AutoTheta | 0.172746 |
| MSTL | 0.180658 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 45% |
| H-stat | 8.57 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.205 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.30 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 49.761 |
| Revenue per Share | 59.575 |
| Market Cap | 5,965,891,072 |
| Trailing P/E | 25.34 |
| Forward P/E | 15.06 |
| Beta | 0.73 |
| Profit Margins | 3.79% |
| Website | https://www.parsons.com |
As of April 19, 2026, 6:35 p.m. EDT: Options flow reveals a significant disconnect between implied volatility pricing and positioning. ATM put im vols are extremely elevated (173% in April expiration) compared to calls (0.82%), indicating a massive bid for downside protection as a speculative trade or hedge against earnings. However, open interest for OTM puts is heavily skewed towards lower strikes (e.g., 40-50 cents strike), while short-dated call OI is concentrated at 65-80 strikes. The skew suggests speculators are buying downside insurance rather than betting on an immediate rally, despite the "+16.6% change" in call volume noted at the 65-strike. Long-dated OTM put OI is also substantial, reflecting a bearish structural view or protection against further fundamental deterioration.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.11564088 |
| Address1 | 14,291 Park Meadow Drive |
| Address2 | Suite 100 |
| All Time High | 114.68 |
| All Time Low | 24.67 |
| Ask | 55.7 |
| Ask Size | 400 |
| Audit Risk | 2 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.9 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 916,860 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,249,822 |
| Average Volume | 1,249,822 |
| Average Volume10Days | 916,860 |
| Beta | 0.728 |
| Bid | 54.85 |
| Bid Size | 300 |
| Board Risk | 7 |
| Book Value | 24.699 |
| City | Chantilly |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 1 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 55.75 |
| Current Ratio | 1.752 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 57.3499 |
| Day Low | 54.9 |
| Debt To Equity | 49.761 |
| Display Name | Parsons |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,777,464,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,777,464,000 |
| Earnings Growth | 0.051 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 0.026 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,777,465,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,777,465,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,777,465,800 |
| Ebitda | 530,670,016 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.083380006 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 13.071 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1.09 |
| Enterprise Value | 6,936,556,544 |
| Eps Current Year | 3.26418 |
| Eps Forward | 3.70153 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 2.2 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 59.4302 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -3.6801987 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.061924726 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -11.564088 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 89.5 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -33.75 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.37709498 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 49.38 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 6.369999 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.12899958 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 49.38 - 89.5 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,557,322,200,000 |
| Float Shares | 37,176,320 |
| Forward Eps | 3.70153 |
| Forward P E | 15.061339 |
| Free Cashflow | 278,073,504 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 21,000 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.22493 |
| Gross Profits | 1,431,533,952 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.013839999 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.20216 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 107,011,496 |
| Industry | Information Technology Services |
| Industry Disp | Information Technology Services |
| Industry Key | information-technology-services |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Parsons Corporation provides design, engineering and technical services, and smart and agile software for the United States federal government and critical infrastructure customers worldwide. It operates through Federal Solutions and Critical Infrastructure segments. The Federal Solutions segment offers critical technologies, such as cyber; air and missile defense; intelligence; aviation modernization; electronic warfare; space ground systems, cislunar, A-PNT, and classified sensors; geospatial and signals intelligence; environmental remediation; border security and counter-drug, critical infrastructure protection; counter unmanned air systems; biometrics; and bio surveillance solutions. This segment also provides software and hardware, and technical expertise; satellite ground systems support and operations, flight dynamics, data fusion and analytics, platform system integration, directed energy, joint all-domain operations, and command and control systems; digital landscape, including full-spectrum cyber, defensive cyber operations, information operations, and analytics; and electronic warfare, multi-domain operations, mission support and national to tactical operations, as well as cyber solutions and products. The Critical Infrastructure segment develops digital solutions for aviation, rail and transit, bridges, roads, highways, and urban destinations. This segment also provides planning, engineering, and management services for complex infrastructure comprising bridges, tunnels, roads and highways, and water and wastewater systems; intelligent transportation systems, utilities, environmental remediation, emerging contaminants, aviation, and rail and transit, as well as ParsonsX, a digital transformation organization; and multi-disciplinary design, technical, and management solutions. Parsons Corporation was founded in 1944 and is headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia. |
| Long Name | Parsons Corporation |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 5,965,891,072 |
| Market State | PREPRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_199424 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 241,139,008 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 5,965,890,902 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 10 |
| Open | 56.3 |
| Operating Cashflow | 478,382,016 |
| Operating Margins | 0.06832 |
| Overall Risk | 4 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 703 988 8500 |
| Post Market Change | -0.069999695 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -0.12555999 |
| Post Market Price | 55.68 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,470,337 |
| Previous Close | 56.02 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 17.079329 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 2.2571764 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.9374075 |
| Profit Margins | 0.037890002 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.637 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.91667 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.27 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -0.481972 |
| Regular Market Day High | 57.3499 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 54.9 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 54.9 - 57.3499 |
| Regular Market Open | 56.3 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 56.02 |
| Regular Market Price | 55.75 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,002 |
| Regular Market Volume | 1,418,385 |
| Return On Assets | 0.046490002 |
| Return On Equity | 0.1165 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.075 |
| Revenue Per Share | 59.575 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.38150132 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 6 |
| Shares Outstanding | 107,011,496 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0465 |
| Shares Short | 4,978,965 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 4,886,048 |
| Short Name | Parsons Corporation |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.13260001 |
| Short Ratio | 3.56 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | VA |
| Symbol | PSN |
| Target High Price | 90.0 |
| Target Low Price | 60.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 75.8 |
| Target Median Price | 72.0 |
| Total Cash | 466,388,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 4.407 |
| Total Debt | 1,377,213,056 |
| Total Revenue | 6,364,244,992 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 2.2 |
| Trailing P E | 25.340908 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 72.29375 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -16.543747 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.22884063 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 1,418,385 |
| Website | https://www.parsons.com |
| Zip | 20,151 |