TRC Companies Inc. Stock Downgraded (TRR)

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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- TRC Companies (NYSE:TRR) has been downgraded by TheStreet Ratings from buy to hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and notable return on equity. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including unimpressive growth in net income, weak operating cash flow and poor profit margins.

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Highlights from the ratings report include:

• The revenue growth came in higher than the industry average of 27.2%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly increased by 2.4%. This growth in revenue does not appear to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, displayed by a decline in earnings per share.
• TRR's debt-to-equity ratio is very low at 0.12 and is currently below that of the industry average, implying that there has been very successful management of debt levels. Along with the favorable debt-to-equity ratio, the company maintains an adequate quick ratio of 1.20, which illustrates the ability to avoid short-term cash problems.
• Net operating cash flow has significantly decreased to -$3.82 million or 147.86% when compared to the same quarter last year. In addition, when comparing to the industry average, the firm's growth rate is much lower.
• The company, on the basis of change in net income from the same quarter one year ago, has significantly underperformed against the S&P 500 and did not exceed that of the Commercial Services & Supplies industry. The net income has significantly decreased by 77.1% when compared to the same quarter one year ago, falling from $18.69 million to $4.27 million.

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TRC Companies, Inc. provides engineering, consulting, and construction management services in the United States. The company has a P/E ratio of 9.4, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. TRC Companies has a market cap of $176 million and is part of the industrial goods sector and materials & construction industry. Shares are up 1.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday.

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