STRL vs. GVA, FLR, GLDD, ORN, KBR, ROAD, KNF, ACA, TPH, and MHO
Should you be buying Sterling Infrastructure stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sterling Infrastructure include Granite Construction (GVA), Fluor (FLR), Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD), Orion Group (ORN), KBR (KBR), Construction Partners (ROAD), Knife River (KNF), Arcosa (ACA), Tri Pointe Homes (TPH), and M/I Homes (MHO). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Sterling Infrastructure (NASDAQ:STRL) and Granite Construction (NYSE:GVA) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Sterling Infrastructure has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Granite Construction. Sterling Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Granite Construction, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Granite Construction had 4 more articles in the media than Sterling Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Granite Construction and 7 mentions for Sterling Infrastructure. Sterling Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Granite Construction's score of 0.93 indicating that Sterling Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the media.
81.0% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Granite Construction shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Sterling Infrastructure currently has a consensus price target of $115.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.29%. Granite Construction has a consensus price target of $57.00, suggesting a potential downside of 8.46%. Given Sterling Infrastructure's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Sterling Infrastructure is more favorable than Granite Construction.
Granite Construction received 99 more outperform votes than Sterling Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.59% of users gave Granite Construction an outperform vote while only 56.39% of users gave Sterling Infrastructure an outperform vote.
Sterling Infrastructure has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Granite Construction has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Sterling Infrastructure has a net margin of 7.47% compared to Granite Construction's net margin of 0.98%. Sterling Infrastructure's return on equity of 25.06% beat Granite Construction's return on equity.
Summary
Sterling Infrastructure beats Granite Construction on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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