ACM vs. FND, TTEK, FIX, CLH, BLD, CX, JHX, TOL, WMS, and APG
Should you be buying AECOM stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AECOM include Floor & Decor (FND), Tetra Tech (TTEK), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), Clean Harbors (CLH), TopBuild (BLD), CEMEX (CX), James Hardie Industries (JHX), Toll Brothers (TOL), Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS), and APi Group (APG).
AECOM (NYSE:ACM) and Floor & Decor (NYSE:FND) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation and media sentiment.
AECOM has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Floor & Decor has a beta of 1.86, meaning that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Floor & Decor has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AECOM. AECOM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Floor & Decor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
85.4% of AECOM shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of AECOM shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Floor & Decor shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Floor & Decor has a net margin of 5.11% compared to AECOM's net margin of -0.09%. AECOM's return on equity of 22.73% beat Floor & Decor's return on equity.
In the previous week, AECOM had 6 more articles in the media than Floor & Decor. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for AECOM and 7 mentions for Floor & Decor. Floor & Decor's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat AECOM's score of 0.80 indicating that Floor & Decor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
AECOM presently has a consensus price target of $107.25, suggesting a potential upside of 21.70%. Floor & Decor has a consensus price target of $109.24, suggesting a potential downside of 4.21%. Given AECOM's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe AECOM is more favorable than Floor & Decor.
AECOM received 158 more outperform votes than Floor & Decor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.04% of users gave AECOM an outperform vote while only 57.68% of users gave Floor & Decor an outperform vote.
Summary
AECOM beats Floor & Decor on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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