On July 31, MasTec fell 12% in after-hours trading, trading at approximately $280/share, with turnover of $16.18 million. The decline essentially erased the stock's roughly 12% intraday gain earlier in the session.

The sell-off was triggered by MasTec's Q2 earnings report, in which adjusted EPS of $2.22 narrowly missed the consensus estimate of $2.23 by 0.45%. Revenue of $4.373 billion beat the $4.305 billion estimate, and EPS grew 48.99% year-over-year. However, the stock had already surged approximately 12% during regular trading on a sector-wide rebound following the prior session's 7.45% decline, combined with optimistic earnings expectations. With bullish expectations fully priced in, the marginal EPS miss served as a catalyst for aggressive profit-taking, rapidly unwinding the day's gains.

MasTec recently closed a $1.65 billion acquisition of The Superior Group to expand data center electrical services capabilities. Analysts maintain a consensus Buy rating with a mean price target near $488, and the company guided full-year adjusted EPS of $8.79, above the prior FactSet estimate of $8.48.

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