IES Holdings Completes Acquisition of DBM Global
The acquired business adds structural steel fabrication, erection and industrial construction and engineering services to IES’s portfolio.
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IES Holdings (NASDAQ: IESC) completed its acquisition of DBM Global for approximately $691 million in cash and IES common stock. IES acquired 100% of DBM Global’s common stock, including INNOVATE’s approximately 91.2% interest and the remaining stockholders’ interests. DBM Global became IES’s new Structural line of business on October 5, 2026.
Consideration comprised approximately $545 million in cash and 430,974 IES shares valued at approximately $146 million using the October 2, 2026 closing price, subject to customary post-closing adjustments. Cash on hand and borrowings under an amended and expanded Wells Fargo-arranged credit facility funded the cash payment. DBM Global generated approximately $1.5 billion in revenue for the twelve months ended June 30, 2026. IES expects cash flow from both businesses to support rapid repayment of acquisition-related borrowings.
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Positive
- Moderate pointCompleted acquisition gives IES 100% ownership of DBM Global and establishes its Structural line of business.
- Moderate point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.Debt repayment: IES expects cash flow from both businesses to allow rapid repayment of acquisition-related borrowings.
- Minor pointAcquired business scale: DBM Global generated approximately $1.5 billion revenue for the twelve months ended June 30, 2026.
- Minor point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.Investment plans: IES plans to invest in DBM Global’s people, facilities and equipment.
Negative
- Moderate pointApproximately $545 million cash consideration includes $35 million for INNOVATE’s estimated cost of participating in a joint tax election. 4% of market cap
- Minor point430,974 IES shares, valued at approximately $146 million, dilute existing holders.
- Minor pointAcquisition-related borrowings under the amended and expanded credit facility add debt.
Key Figures
- Total consideration
- Approximately $691 million
- DBM Global acquisition
- Cash consideration
- Approximately $545 million
- Acquisition consideration
- IES shares issued
- 430,974 shares
- As adjusted for IES's August 21, 2026 stock split
- Value of shares issued
- Approximately $146 million
- Based on IES's October 2, 2026 closing price
- DBM Global revenue
- Approximately $1.5 billion
- Twelve months ended June 30, 2026
- Ownership acquired
- 100%
- DBM Global common stock
- Joint tax election payment
- $35 million
- Payment to INNOVATE included in cash consideration
Previous Acquisition Reports
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IES agreed to acquire DBM Global for approximately $650 million, with DBM set to form a new Structural line.
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Transaction Establishes New Structural Line of Business, Adding One of the Largest Independent Structural Steel Fabrication and Erection Platforms in the U.S.
HOUSTON, Oct. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IES Holdings, Inc. (“IES”) (NASDAQ: IESC) today announced the closing of its previously announced acquisition of DBM Global Inc. (“DBM Global”), a vertically integrated structural steel fabrication, erection and industrial construction and engineering services platform, for total consideration of approximately
“Today we welcome DBM Global’s approximately 4,000 employees to IES,” said Matt Simmes, President and Chief Executive Officer of IES. “DBM Global brings scaled engineering, fabrication and erection capabilities and a long track record of successfully delivering complex structural projects. We are also excited to work with DBM Global to offer a broader range of products and services so that together we deliver innovative solutions to our combined customer base, particularly in data center, industrial and infrastructure markets. We look forward to investing in DBM Global’s people, facilities and equipment and to working together on our customers’ most complex projects.”
“DBM Global is a premier business with an outstanding team and substantial long-term growth potential, and we believe it will be an excellent addition to IES’s portfolio of businesses,” said Jeff Gendell, Executive Chairman of IES. “As our largest acquisition to date, we were deliberate in how we financed the transaction, with a focus on maintaining our strong balance sheet by using a combination of cash, borrowings and IES equity. We expect substantial cash flow from both IES and DBM Global will allow us to rapidly repay acquisition-related borrowings while continuing to reinvest in our businesses and pursue additional opportunities.”
Rustin Roach, President and Chief Executive Officer of DBM Global, added, “Joining IES marks an exciting next chapter for our businesses and our people. IES’s long-term ownership approach and financial strength will allow us to accelerate investment in our operations while continuing to deliver for our customers, many of whom we have served for decades. We look forward to working alongside IES’s other operating segments to bring additional capabilities and capacity to our customers’ projects.”
Total consideration of approximately
Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, DBM Global operates through a family of established brands, including Schuff Steel, Banker Steel, GrayWolf, DBM Vircon and Aitken, with more than 2 million square feet of fabrication and operating facilities across the United States. DBM Global provides structural steel fabrication, erection and industrial construction and engineering services across commercial, industrial, data center, stadium and infrastructure end markets and has supplied structural steel and erection services to many of the country’s most recognizable projects.
About IES Holdings, Inc.
IES designs and installs integrated electrical and technology systems, provides infrastructure solutions and services, and delivers structural steel engineering, fabrication and erection to a variety of end markets, including data centers, residential housing, and commercial, industrial and infrastructure facilities. Our more than 16,000 employees serve clients primarily in the United States. For more information about IES, please visit www.ies-co.com.
Company Contact:
Tracy McLauchlin, Chief Financial Officer
IES Holdings, Inc.
(713) 860-1500
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Robert Winters
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Certain statements in this release may be deemed “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, all of which are based upon various estimates and assumptions that IES believes to be reasonable as of the date hereof. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “could,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “project,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “seek,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “pursue,” “target,” “continue,” the negative of such terms or other comparable terminology. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause IES’s actual future outcomes to differ materially from those set forth in such statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, a general reduction in the demand for our products or services; changes in general economic conditions, including supply chain constraints, high rates of inflation, changes in consumer sentiment, elevated interest rates, and market disruptions resulting from a number of factors, including geo-political events; competition in the industries in which we operate, which could result in the loss of one or more customers or lead to lower margins on new projects; the use of estimates in placing bids on fixed price contracts, variations from estimated contract costs and our ability to successfully manage and execute projects, the cost and availability of qualified labor and the ability to maintain positive labor relations, and our ability to pass along increases in the cost of commodities used in our business; our ability to enter into, and the terms of, future contracts; the existence of a small number of customers from whom we derive a meaningful portion of our revenues; reliance on third parties, including subcontractors and suppliers, to complete our projects; the inability to carry out plans and strategies as expected, including the inability to identify and complete acquisitions that meet our investment criteria, or the subsequent underperformance of those acquisitions; challenges integrating new businesses into IES or new types of work, products or processes into our segments; backlog that may not be realized or may not result in profits; failure to adequately recover on contract change orders or claims against customers; closures or sales of our facilities resulting in significant future charges or a significant disruption of our operations; the impact of future epidemics or pandemics on our business; an increased cost of surety bonds affecting margins on work and the potential for our surety providers to refuse bonding or require additional collateral at their discretion; the impact of seasonality, adverse weather conditions, and climate change; fluctuations in operating activity due to factors such as cyclicality, downturns in levels of construction or the housing market, and differing regional economic conditions; difficulties in managing our billings and collections; accidents resulting from the physical hazards associated with our work and the potential for accidents; the possibility that our current insurance coverage may not be adequate or that we may not be able to obtain policies at acceptable rates; the effect of litigation, claims and contingencies, including warranty losses, damages or other latent defect claims in excess of our existing reserves and accruals; costs and liabilities under existing or potential future laws and regulations, including those laws and regulations related to the environment and climate change, as well as the inability to transfer, renew and obtain electrical and other professional licenses; interruptions to our information systems and cyber security or data breaches; expenditures to conduct environmental remediation activities required by certain environmental laws and regulations; loss of key personnel, ineffective transition of new management, or general labor constraints; credit and capital market conditions, including changes in interest rates that affect the cost of construction financing and mortgages, and the inability of some of our customers to obtain sufficient financing at acceptable rates, which could lead to project delays or cancellations; limitations on our ability to access capital markets and generate cash from operations to fund our capital needs; the impact on our effective tax rate or cash paid for taxes from changes in tax positions we have taken or changes in tax laws; difficulty in fulfilling the covenant terms of our revolving credit facility, which could result in a default and acceleration of any indebtedness under such revolving credit facility; reliance on certain estimates and assumptions that may differ from actual results in the preparation of our financial statements and the impacts of new accounting, control and operating procedures resulting from new accounting pronouncements; uncertainties inherent in the use of percentage-of-completion accounting, which could result in the reduction or elimination of previously recorded revenues and profits; the recognition of potential goodwill, long-lived assets and other investment impairments; the existence of a controlling shareholder, who has the ability to take action not aligned with other shareholders or to dispose of all or a significant portion of the shares of our common stock it holds, which may trigger certain change of control provisions in a number of our material agreements; the relatively low trading volume of our common stock, which could increase the volatility of our stock price and could make it more difficult for shareholders to sell a substantial number of shares for the same price at which shareholders could sell a smaller number of shares; the possibility that we issue additional shares of common stock, preferred stock or convertible securities that will dilute the percentage ownership interest of existing stockholders and may dilute the value per share of our common stock; the potential for substantial sales of our common stock, which could adversely affect our stock price; the impact of increasing scrutiny and changing expectations from investors and customers, or new or changing regulations, with respect to climate change or environmental impacts of our operations; the cost or effort required for our shareholders to bring certain claims or actions against us, as a result of our designation of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings; and the possibility that our internal controls over financial reporting and our disclosure controls and procedures may not prevent all possible errors that could occur, as well as other risk factors discussed in this document, in IES’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2025 and in IES’s other reports on file with the SEC. You should understand that such risk factors could cause future outcomes to differ materially from those experienced previously or those expressed in such forward-looking statements. IES undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any information or any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the date of this release.
Forward-looking statements are provided in this press release pursuant to the safe harbor established under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and should be evaluated in the context of the estimates, assumptions, uncertainties, and risks described herein.
General information about IES Holdings, Inc. can be found at http://www.ies-co.com under "Investor Relations." IES’s annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K, as well as any amendments to those reports, are available free of charge through IES’s website as soon as reasonably practicable after they are filed with, or furnished to, the SEC.
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How much did IES Holdings pay to acquire DBM Global?
Total consideration was approximately $691 million, comprising approximately $545 million in cash and 430,974 IES common shares. The shares were valued at approximately $146 million based on the October 2, 2026 closing price. Consideration remains subject to customary net working capital and other post-closing adjustments.
What ownership stake did IES Holdings acquire in DBM Global?
IES acquired 100% of DBM Global’s common stock, including INNOVATE’s approximately 91.2% interest and the remaining interests held by other stockholders. DBM Global became IES’s new Structural line of business on October 5, 2026.
Why does IES Holdings’ DBM Global acquisition include a payment to INNOVATE for a tax election?
The cash consideration includes $35 million for INNOVATE’s estimated cost of participating in a joint election under Section 338(h)(10) of the Internal Revenue Code.