Why TIC Solutions Stock Crashed Today
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By Rich Smith – Mar 12, 2026 at 11:05AM ESTKey PointsTIC missed Q4 earnings badly, reporting a loss when analysts expected a profit.On the plus side, TIC forecast near-50% revenue growth in 2026.TIC Solutions (TIC 12.78%) stock tumbled 18.8% through 10:45 a.m. ET Thursday after missing badly on Q4 earnings this morning. Heading into the report, analysts forecast the engineering and inspections company would earn $0.09 per share on sales of $521.6 million. Instead, TIC lost $0.25 per share, and sales came up short at $508.3 million. Image source: Getty Images. TIC Q4 earnings TIC acquired and replaced its predecessor company, ASP Acuren Holdings, on July 30, 2024, and acquired NV5 on Aug. 4, 2025. As management pointed out, these acquisitions "materially affected year-over-year comparability of our financial results for the periods presented" -- in other words, it's hard to get a good apples-to-apples comparison between TIC today and TIC before. Still, here's how the numbers do look today. TIC's Q4 revenue appears to have grown 94% year over year, even as its quarterly losses tripled. For all of fiscal 2025, management did $1.5 billion in revenue, up 39% year over year. Total losses for the year were $87.1 million, 28% less than losses a year ago. ExpandNYSE: TICTic SolutionsToday's Change(-12.78%) $-1.08Current Price$7.37Key Data PointsMarket Cap$1.0BDay's Range$6.75 - $7.5052wk Range$6.75 - $14.94Volume280KAvg Vol2.2M Is TIC stock a buy? TIC is a company in transition, and it's hard for investors to get a handle on a moving target like this. Still, some aspects are promising. Compared to 2025 results, TIC is forecasting nearly 50% revenue growth to somewhere between $2.15 billion and $2.25 billion in 2026. Management didn't provide GAAP guidance but said it expects adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) to be positive -- at least $330 million. Analysts polled by S&P Global Market Intelligence anticipate TIC will turn GAAP-profitable this year, earning $0.03 per share. With TIC stock costing more than $7 per share currently, though, that seems expensive to me. TIC stock remains a sell.About the AuthorRich Smith is a contributing Motley Fool defense and stock market analyst covering publicly traded and emerging companies in defense, space, aerospace, and other sectors. Prior to The Motley Fool, Rich practiced international corporate law for Clifford Chance in Russia, and for the Russian-Ukrainian Legal Group in Moscow, Kyiv, and Washington, D.C. He holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations from the College of William & Mary, a law degree from the University of Baltimore, and a language certification from the International Institute of Russian Language & Culture in Tver, Russian Federation. The Globe and Mail once featured him as “one of the best stock pickers since 2009.”TMFDittyX@RichSmithFoolStocks MentionedTic SolutionsNYSE: TIC$7.37(-12.78%)-$1.08*Average returns of all recommendations since inception. Cost basis and return based on previous market day close.