Tutor Perini: $217M Insider Exit Broadens Beyond Chairman
Two days after Tutor Perini chairman Ronald Tutor sold $197.7 million in company stock, a fuller picture has emerged: two other directors had already been exiting at higher prices earlier in August, p
Tutor Perini: $217M Insider Exit Broadens Beyond Chairman
NEW YORK, September 5 —
Tutor Perini Corporation (TPC) chairman Ronald Tutor's $197.7 million sale drew attention, but Sidney Feltenstein had already moved first, cashing out at $95.66 to $98.18 in early August at prices the stock has since failed to reclaim. Three directors combined to extract $216.82 million in 24 days, zero insiders bought, and the stock now sits at $88.21.
- Q2 2026 EPS of $1.74 beat consensus by 37.9%; trailing free cash flow $573M; net cash position $480M.
- Three directors sold $216.82M in TPC shares, August 7-31, with zero insider purchases across 90 days.
- Analyst consensus target of $116.25 implies 31.8% upside from the current $88.21.
The Telling Exit Was Feltenstein's, Not Tutor's
Ronald Tutor's $197.7 million sale on August 31 was the one that moved the newswire, but the more telling exit came three weeks earlier. Director Sidney Feltenstein liquidated 184,209 shares on August 7 at $95.66 to $98.18 per share, a range the stock has since failed to recover. TPC's current price of $88.21 sits below every Feltenstein transaction price, meaning his timing has already been vindicated. The pattern compounds: a director change filing on August 14 sits in the gap between Feltenstein's exit and Dale Anne Reiss's 13,400-share sale on August 27. Three directors, $216.82 million, zero purchases. That is not noise.
The Numbers That Keep Analysts at $116
Tutor Perini Corporation, which builds highways, tunnels, mass-transit systems, and large-scale hospitality and gaming facilities across three segments, has run a genuine operational recovery. The company posted $5.95 billion in trailing revenue, up 19.2% year over year, with Q2 2026 EPS of $1.74, reported August 5, arriving 37.9% above the Street's estimate and the largest positive surprise in four quarters. Free cash flow of $573 million and a net cash position of $480 million mean the balance sheet is not under pressure. At 14.5x forward earnings, a figure the DCF calculator can stress-test, analysts targeting $116.25 see roughly 31.8% upside from current levels.
| Ticker | Mkt cap | Fwd P/E | 52-wk |
|---|---|---|---|
| TPC | $4.6B | 14.5x | +42.7% |
| PRIM | $4.0B | 14.3x | -35.8% |
| GVA | $5.3B | 14.9x | +10.3% |
| MYRG | $4.5B | 19.7x | +60.8% |
| ORN | $376M | 20.6x | +25.7% |
| AGX | $5.9B | 26.5x | +105.1% |
The Q3 Print Is the Tiebreaker
The neutral call rests on a single checkpoint: Q3 2026 earnings. Three beats in four quarters built analyst conviction around a $116.25 target, but Feltenstein exited at prices the stock has not recovered, suggesting at least one director did not believe that target was imminent. The July 6 8-K disclosing a new material financial obligation, arriving six weeks before the Q2 beat, adds an unresolved variable at 11.5% gross margins. A Q3 EPS at or above the implied trajectory sustains the bull case; anything softer validates the exit. Run the free Tutor Perini Corporation deep-dive →
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Two days after Tutor Perini chairman Ronald Tutor sold $197.7 million in company stock, a fuller picture has emerged: two other directors had already been exiting at higher prices earlier in August, pushing the 90-day insider selling total to $216.82 million with zero purchases — and the stock has since retreated below the levels where the first seller cashed out.