3 loss years were recorded (limit 2), and margins varied 112.9% around their average (limit 35%).
- 10y median
- 15.4%
- Worst year
- -17.4%
- Latest · 2025
- 21.2%
# Direcional Engenharia (DIRR3.SA) Canonical: https://gigainvestors.com/s/DIRR3.SA Analysis as of: 2026-10-16T07:43:23.653Z. Financial observations: FY2004–FY2025. Listing currency: BRL. Reporting currency: BRL. ## Verdict Not a wonderful business Quality tests for Buy: not passed (profit record: fail; earnings resilience is evidence only). Published buy qualification: no. Share price: BRL 10.58 per share; close as of 2026-10-15. Estimated value: low BRL 14.52 per share, central BRL 17.74 per share, high BRL 18.91 per share. Buy at or below the central value BRL 17.74 per share. Valuation as of 2026-10-16T07:43:23.653Z; scenarios are not confidence intervals. Expected annual return: 30.0% at the stated quote. About 30.0% a year at today's price (required return 17.0%). required return 17.0% a year (BR 10-year bond 13.0% + 4 points). ## Checklist ### understandable: fail - 2 revenue declines in the last 10 years (informational) - more than 2 net loss years - operating margin variation exceeds 0.35 - Financial history: 10 years - Years with declining revenue: 2 - Years with a net loss: 3 - Operating margin variation: 1.13× Chart: Operating margin; fiscal year observations. - FY2016: 0.00× - FY2017: -0.17× - FY2018: 0.00× - FY2019: 0.16× - FY2020: 0.15× - FY2021: 0.16× - FY2022: 0.15× - FY2023: 0.18× - FY2024: 0.17× - FY2025: 0.21× ### moat: fail - ROIC median below threshold - ROIC worst years below threshold (more than 1 bad year allowed) - ROIC, median of available years: 14.6% - ROIC, second-lowest year: 0.1% - Typical minus recent gross margin: -2.3 pp - Typical gross margin (annual median): 34.1% - Recent gross margin (lower of latest and 3-year median): 36.4% - Years with nonpositive capital: 0 - Capital spending / revenue: 1.5% - ROIC including acquisitions, ten-year median: 10.0% Chart: ROIC excluding acquisitions; fiscal year observations. - FY2016: 0.1% - FY2017: -5.5% - FY2018: 0.1% - FY2019: 12.8% - FY2020: 13.0% - FY2021: 16.2% - FY2022: 18.1% - FY2023: 18.8% - FY2024: 25.4% - FY2025: 32.4% ### economics: pass - Owner earnings / net income, 5-yr: 1.03× - Cash conversion uses consolidated totals: No - Owner earnings, five-year total: BRL 2.1B - Net income, five-year total: BRL 2.1B - Return on incremental invested capital: 42.8% - Working capital / revenue, annual change: -11.3 pp - Working capital / revenue, change between three-year averages: -79.4 pp - Working capital / revenue, final three-year average: 80.9% Chart: Annual owner cash / profit; fiscal year observations. - FY2021: 1.19× - FY2022: 0.97× - FY2023: 1.15× - FY2024: 0.97× - FY2025: 1.00× ### management: fail - Historical market-dollar context (not the management verdict): 2016 to 2025 (9 years) - potential debt-funded buybacks (informational) - buybacks unrelated to price (informational) - ROIC first 3 years vs last 3 years: 0.1% vs 25.4% - Per-share earnings: -0.03 to 1.20 (three-year endpoint medians) - five-year and ten-year diluted share growth both above threshold - Management verdict uses per-share economic progress: Yes - Ordinary dilution, 10-year annual growth: 1.8% - Ordinary dilution, 5-year annual growth: 3.3% - Market cap gain: BRL 6.8B - Cumulative retained earnings: BRL -153M - Diluted shares, 10-year annual growth: 1.8% - Diluted shares, 5-year annual growth: 3.3% - $1 test, starting fiscal year: FY2016 - $1 test, ending fiscal year: FY2025 - Per-share value change: BRL 1.23 - Per-share value, starting three-year median: BRL -0.03 - Per-share value, ending three-year median: BRL 1.20 - Buybacks concentrated in cheaper years (correlation): -0.60 - Average buyback yield: 0.8% - Buyback history: 5 years - Debt-funded buybacks: Yes - Acquisition spending: BRL 34M - Cumulative net income, 10 years: BRL 2.1B - ROIC, first three-year median: 0.1% - ROIC, last three-year median: 25.4% Chart: Earnings per share; fiscal year observations. - FY2016: BRL -0.03 - FY2017: BRL -0.33 - FY2018: BRL -0.18 - FY2019: BRL 0.23 - FY2020: BRL 0.25 - FY2021: BRL 0.33 - FY2022: BRL 0.42 - FY2023: BRL 0.64 - FY2024: BRL 1.20 - FY2025: BRL 1.50 ### accounting: pass - Sloan accruals: 3.7% - Receivables to sales index (DSRI): 1.10× - Restructuring years, last five: 0 - Stock compensation / operating cash flow: 6.2% - Earnings backed by cash: Yes - Operating cash / earnings: 0.37× - Accounting red flags: 0 - Goodwill and intangibles / equity: 0.02× Chart: Sloan accruals; fiscal year observations. - FY2016: -3.4% - FY2017: -4.4% - FY2018: -7.4% - FY2019: -3.0% - FY2020: -3.4% - FY2021: 0.8% - FY2022: -0.5% - FY2023: 8.1% - FY2024: 5.6% - FY2025: 3.7% ## Holders ## Price story Down 43% since Nov 2025 · sales +29.7% Story as of 2026-10-16T10:00:12.697Z; price observation 2026-10-15. Price needs cash profits to shrink 4.1% a year for ten years ### Sales · FY2024–2025 sales +29.7%; source https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/; observed 2026-10-16. - FY2016: BRL 1.4B - FY2017: BRL 752M - FY2018: BRL 1.2B - FY2019: BRL 1.5B - FY2020: BRL 1.5B - FY2021: BRL 1.8B - FY2022: BRL 2.2B - FY2023: BRL 2.4B - FY2024: BRL 3.3B - FY2025: BRL 4.3B ### Gross margin · FY2025 gross margin 37.8%; source https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/; observed 2026-10-16. - FY2016: 11.5% - FY2017: 5.0% - FY2018: 27.2% - FY2019: 33.7% - FY2020: 34.8% - FY2021: 35.5% - FY2022: 33.9% - FY2023: 34.2% - FY2024: 36.4% - FY2025: 37.8% ## Owner memo Memo as of 2026-10-16T08:06:05.509Z. ### How it makes money Operates in real estate development; annual sales are BRL 4.3 billion. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:43:23.653Z); FY2025: revenue 4343008000; grossProfit 1641674000; margin = grossProfit / revenue. ### Why customers stay Margins ranged from 34.2% to 37.8% during 2023–25; it earns 14.6% on its capital. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:43:23.653Z); FY2023: grossProfit / revenue = 34.2%. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:43:23.653Z); FY2024: grossProfit / revenue = 36.4%. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:43:23.653Z); FY2025: grossProfit / revenue = 37.8%. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:43:23.653Z); 10-year return on capital observations [[2016,0.000994754568418178],[2017,-0.05526990206727795],[2018,0.0007455562835561554],[2019,0.12832398133036907],[2020,0.1295614225151599],[2021,0.16167524107585865],[2022,0.18065688885186634],[2023,0.1882276727341993],[2024,0.2542922431342011],[2025,0.32356682841012097]]; median 0.14561833179550926. ROIC follows the displayed moat series; financial companies use return on tangible equity. ### Can it raise prices Kept about a 34% gross margin through 2022 cost inflation. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:43:23.653Z); Gross margin observations: [[2021,0.35469944493858296],[2022,0.339276598342008],[2023,0.34178872724539877]]; range within 2 percentage points. ### Where the cash goes Paid dividends in 10 of 10 years; bought back BRL 33.5 million of shares. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:43:23.653Z); FY2016: growth capex 0; upkeep 8345000; owner earnings 5362000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:43:23.653Z); FY2019: growth capex 0; upkeep 21052000; owner earnings 106909400. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:43:23.653Z); FY2020: growth capex 0; upkeep 22319000; owner earnings 124285800. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:43:23.653Z); FY2021: growth capex 0; upkeep 16712000; owner earnings 174134600. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:43:23.653Z); FY2022: growth capex 3263000; upkeep 53425000; owner earnings 183791000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.017753861723370568. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:43:23.653Z); FY2023: growth capex 0; upkeep 7062000; owner earnings 380832200. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:43:23.653Z); FY2024: growth capex 7987000; upkeep 70067000; owner earnings 621641200. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.012848247509978424. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:43:23.653Z); FY2025: growth capex 0; upkeep 64229000; owner earnings 788309731.725481. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:43:23.653Z); Dividend observations: [[2016,40046000],[2017,1000],[2018,90000000],[2019,129969000],[2020,120364000],[2021,100147000],[2022,69964000],[2023,104288000],[2024,358379000],[2025,1450771000]]. Zero only counted when supported by a complete cash-flow statement. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:43:23.653Z); FY2025: cash repurchases 33496000 BRL. ### Are managers owners Insiders own 28.1% of the company. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16); DIRR3.SA SharesStats.PercentInsiders = 28.12 percentage points; cache date 2026-10-16. ### What the price says The price assumes cash profits shrink 4.1% yearly over ten years; actual growth was 16.3%. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:43:23.653Z); Ten-year compound average after fade. Initial solved rate -0.07073810940694086. Price 10.58; FX 1; discount 0.1695; same standard ten-year fade to terminal 0.03. FY2015 owner earnings/share 0.331931456078283 → FY2025 1.4998259738673931. Closing-price date 2026-10-15. ## Monthly share-price history (BRL per share) - 2016-10: BRL 1.83 per share - 2016-11: BRL 1.54 per share - 2016-12: BRL 1.51 per share - 2017-01: BRL 1.96 per share - 2017-02: BRL 1.87 per share - 2017-03: BRL 1.86 per share - 2017-04: BRL 2.03 per share - 2017-05: BRL 1.70 per share - 2017-06: BRL 1.71 per share - 2017-07: BRL 1.88 per share - 2017-08: BRL 1.74 per share - 2017-09: BRL 1.94 per share - 2017-10: BRL 1.94 per share - 2017-11: BRL 1.86 per share - 2017-12: BRL 1.88 per share - 2018-01: BRL 2.17 per share - 2018-02: BRL 1.98 per share - 2018-03: BRL 2.02 per share - 2018-04: BRL 2.02 per share - 2018-05: BRL 2.10 per share - 2018-06: BRL 1.98 per share - 2018-07: BRL 2.30 per share - 2018-08: BRL 2.24 per share - 2018-09: BRL 2.27 per share - 2018-10: BRL 2.37 per share - 2018-11: BRL 2.54 per share - 2018-12: BRL 2.49 per share - 2019-01: BRL 3.05 per share - 2019-02: BRL 2.89 per share - 2019-03: BRL 2.88 per share - 2019-04: BRL 2.74 per share - 2019-05: BRL 3.30 per share - 2019-06: BRL 3.72 per share - 2019-07: BRL 4.18 per share - 2019-08: BRL 4.31 per share - 2019-09: BRL 4.10 per share - 2019-10: BRL 3.97 per share - 2019-11: BRL 4.03 per share - 2019-12: BRL 4.98 per share - 2020-01: BRL 5.42 per share - 2020-02: BRL 4.98 per share - 2020-03: BRL 2.78 per share - 2020-04: BRL 2.92 per share - 2020-05: BRL 3.18 per share - 2020-06: BRL 5.22 per share - 2020-07: BRL 5.37 per share - 2020-08: BRL 4.95 per share - 2020-09: BRL 4.49 per share - 2020-10: BRL 3.74 per share - 2020-11: BRL 4.16 per share - 2020-12: BRL 4.35 per share - 2021-01: BRL 4.62 per share - 2021-02: BRL 4.26 per share - 2021-03: BRL 4.12 per share - 2021-04: BRL 4.25 per share - 2021-05: BRL 4.53 per share - 2021-06: BRL 4.65 per share - 2021-07: BRL 4.22 per share - 2021-08: BRL 4.22 per share - 2021-09: BRL 3.79 per share - 2021-10: BRL 3.17 per share - 2021-11: BRL 3.38 per share - 2021-12: BRL 4.22 per share - 2022-01: BRL 4.56 per share - 2022-02: BRL 4.04 per share - 2022-03: BRL 4.04 per share - 2022-04: BRL 3.82 per share - 2022-05: BRL 3.65 per share - 2022-06: BRL 3.42 per share - 2022-07: BRL 3.93 per share - 2022-08: BRL 4.30 per share - 2022-09: BRL 5.59 per share - 2022-10: BRL 5.68 per share - 2022-11: BRL 4.91 per share - 2022-12: BRL 5.19 per share - 2023-01: BRL 5.30 per share - 2023-02: BRL 5.11 per share - 2023-03: BRL 5.30 per share - 2023-04: BRL 5.21 per share - 2023-05: BRL 5.80 per share - 2023-06: BRL 6.55 per share - 2023-07: BRL 7.03 per share - 2023-08: BRL 6.75 per share - 2023-09: BRL 6.39 per share - 2023-10: BRL 5.79 per share - 2023-11: BRL 6.65 per share - 2023-12: BRL 7.46 per share - 2024-01: BRL 7.26 per share - 2024-02: BRL 7.89 per share - 2024-03: BRL 8.54 per share - 2024-04: BRL 7.77 per share - 2024-05: BRL 8.23 per share - 2024-06: BRL 8.86 per share - 2024-07: BRL 9.27 per share - 2024-08: BRL 9.64 per share - 2024-09: BRL 10.08 per share - 2024-10: BRL 10.43 per share - 2024-11: BRL 9.65 per share - 2024-12: BRL 8.87 per share - 2025-01: BRL 9.59 per share - 2025-02: BRL 9.78 per share - 2025-03: BRL 10.48 per share - 2025-04: BRL 12.12 per share - 2025-05: BRL 13.55 per share - 2025-06: BRL 13.61 per share - 2025-07: BRL 13.00 per share - 2025-08: BRL 15.45 per share - 2025-09: BRL 16.17 per share - 2025-10: BRL 16.98 per share - 2025-11: BRL 18.51 per share - 2025-12: BRL 14.12 per share - 2026-01: BRL 13.95 per share - 2026-02: BRL 16.32 per share - 2026-03: BRL 13.30 per share - 2026-04: BRL 12.85 per share - 2026-05: BRL 13.40 per share - 2026-06: BRL 13.92 per share - 2026-07: BRL 11.35 per share - 2026-08: BRL 11.12 per share - 2026-09: BRL 10.11 per share - 2026-10: BRL 11.93 per share ## Annual estimated value (BRL per share) - FY2016: low BRL 3.26 per share, central BRL 3.40 per share, high BRL 3.56 per share - FY2017: low BRL 2.02 per share, central BRL 2.09 per share, high BRL 2.16 per share - FY2018: low BRL 1.96 per share, central BRL 1.96 per share, high BRL 1.97 per share - FY2019: low BRL 1.65 per share, central BRL 1.66 per share, high BRL 1.66 per share - FY2020: low BRL 2.09 per share, central BRL 2.09 per share, high BRL 2.10 per share - FY2021: low BRL 4.11 per share, central BRL 4.26 per share, high BRL 4.40 per share - FY2022: low BRL 4.66 per share, central BRL 4.82 per share, high BRL 5.01 per share - FY2023: low BRL 4.78 per share, central BRL 4.93 per share, high BRL 5.12 per share - FY2024: low BRL 7.06 per share, central BRL 7.87 per share, high BRL 8.26 per share - FY2025: low BRL 12.86 per share, central BRL 15.72 per share, high BRL 16.76 per share Historical values use today's bond yield for every fiscal year Historical values use today's FX rate into trading currency for every fiscal year Historical values use current restated fundamentals and current commodity classification; they are not point-in-time estimates Prior published observations retained from 2026-10-15T06:49:04.570Z where newer inputs omit a numeric field or fiscal period. ## Sources Estimates depend on assumptions and are not guarantees or investment advice. 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DIRR3 · SA
Ibovespa
Not a wonderful business
3 quality tests fail. A lower price would not fix the business.
3 loss years were recorded (limit 2), and margins varied 112.9% around their average (limit 35%).
Capital return excluding acquisitions: median 14.6% (minimum 15%), and the second-worst year 0.1% (minimum 10%).
Each $1 of profit left $1.03 for owners over five years (minimum $0.80).
Share growth was 1.8% over ten years and 3.3% over five (either must be at most 1% a year).
Profits were backed by cash: accruals were 3.7% of assets (limit 10%).
Profit record · fail 3 loss years in 10 (at most 2), mean operating margin 10.1%, three-year average owner earnings per share 1.14 BRL. 3 loss years in the last 10; at most 2 allowed.
| Value range | BRL 14.52 – BRL 18.91 |
|---|---|
| Buy at or below | Central value BRL 17.74 |
| Discount to value | 1 − 10.58 / 17.74 = 40.4% |
| Return / year | About 30.0% a year at today's price (required return 17.0%) |
| Cash-flow inputs | Owner cash BRL 1.50/share; 8.0% growth for 5 years, then fades to 3.0%; excess cash BRL 3.66/share today. |
| Required return | 17.0% / year, earned by construction at the central value |