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Company snapshot — Dycom Industries Inc

DY in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Dycom Industries provides specialty contracting services to telecommunications, utility and other digital-infrastructure customers across the United States, working through its Communications and Building Systems segments. It designs and builds aerial, underground and buried cable networks for fibre, copper and coaxial systems, and manages the placement of new wireless sites for carriers. The company also carries out maintenance work such as cable splicing, tower construction, underground utility locating and customer premise equipment installation for utility clients. It is based in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Where it sits in the stack
Dycom holds no seat in Closelook's index families. It sits in the diary's Industrials sector, in the Engineering & Construction sleeve, working on the physical layer that carries fibre and utility lines rather than the compute stack; it is a constraint on how fast fibre and grid upgrades can be rolled out, since the limit is qualified crews and scheduling rather than chip or data-centre demand.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group for Dycom is drawn from scored Industrials names based in the United States, including Nordson, Applied Industrial Technologies, Cintas and Verisk Analytics, grouped by sector and country rather than by business model. The market more often compares it directly with MasTec, another large contractor serving telecom and utility infrastructure.
Why Closelook tracks it
Dycom carries no seat in our index families and the diary has not quoted it in an edition so far. It does carry a Closelook score, our house read across several modules; valuation is its strongest module and momentum its weakest.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether momentum turns as the shares move up from well below their medium-term averages, and whether fibre and grid contract volumes keep flowing steadily to its two segments.

Dycom Industries Inc (DY) trades on US exchanges, classified under Industrials.

The Closelook company score reads 51/100 composite (momentum 10, quality 46, valuation 43) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for DY, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by Raymond James, 2026-09-03

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for DY from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Raymond James — target 375 Target set to $375 (+26.9% to spot) 2026-09-03

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Engineering & Construction · US · 7 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Engineering & Construction · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against DY on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return no distribution in twelve months · buybacks 32 m USD in FY2026

Dividends and capital return

What DY pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Distributions No cash distribution recorded in the price series over the last three years
  • Buybacks, FY2026 32 m USD 0.4% of today's market value
  • Share count −0.2% in FY2026 34 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 32 m USD · 8% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sector × region Industrials in US: −1.5% week · −6.7% month · −5.9% quarter · −3.0% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLI.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-20
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Dycom Industries Inc (DY)?

Dycom Industries Inc trades as DY on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Industrials in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is DY in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Dycom Industries Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

What is Dycom Industries Inc's Closelook composite score?

51 out of 100, with momentum 10, quality 46 and valuation 43 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does DY trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -21.3% vs the 50-day and -25.6% vs the 200-day average, 48.5% below the 52-week high and +12.2% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 8 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Dycom Industries Inc do?

Dycom Industries provides specialty contracting services to telecommunications, utility and other digital-infrastructure customers across the United States, working through its Communications and Building Systems segments. It designs and builds aerial, underground and buried cable networks for fibre, copper and coaxial systems, and manages the placement of new wireless sites for carriers. The company also carries out maintenance work such as cable splicing, tower construction, underground utility locating and customer premise equipment installation for utility clients. Closelook's peer group for Dycom is drawn from scored Industrials names based in the United States, including Nordson, Applied Industrial Technologies, Cintas and Verisk Analytics, grouped by sector and country rather than by business model. The market more often compares it directly with MasTec, another large contractor serving telecom and utility infrastructure.

Where does Dycom Industries Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Dycom holds no seat in Closelook's index families. It sits in the diary's Industrials sector, in the Engineering & Construction sleeve, working on the physical layer that carries fibre and utility lines rather than the compute stack; it is a constraint on how fast fibre and grid upgrades can be rolled out, since the limit is qualified crews and scheduling rather than chip or data-centre demand. Dycom carries no seat in our index families and the diary has not quoted it in an edition so far. It does carry a Closelook score, our house read across several modules; valuation is its strongest module and momentum its weakest.

Does Dycom Industries Inc pay a dividend?

No cash distribution shows in Dycom Industries Inc’s price series over the last three years. In fiscal 2026 the company bought back 32 m USD of its own shares, 8% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 0.2% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Dycom Industries Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Dycom Industries Inc on the Closelook wire is a price target by Raymond James on 2026-09-03 (target 375). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for DY, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Engineering & Construction, then Industrials. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.