AGX vs. STRL, PRIM, GVA, MYRG, AMRC, TPC, GLDD, ORN, NWPX, and MTRX
Should you be buying Argan stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Argan include Sterling Infrastructure (STRL), Primoris Services (PRIM), Granite Construction (GVA), MYR Group (MYRG), Ameresco (AMRC), Tutor Perini (TPC), Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD), Orion Group (ORN), Northwest Pipe (NWPX), and Matrix Service (MTRX). These companies are all part of the "construction & engineering" industry.
Argan (NYSE:AGX) and Sterling Infrastructure (NASDAQ:STRL) are both construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Argan and Argan both had 3 articles in the media. Sterling Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Argan's score of 0.94 indicating that Sterling Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Argan presently has a consensus target price of $85.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.68%. Sterling Infrastructure has a consensus target price of $115.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.14%. Given Argan's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Argan is more favorable than Sterling Infrastructure.
Argan received 47 more outperform votes than Sterling Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.45% of users gave Argan an outperform vote while only 56.39% of users gave Sterling Infrastructure an outperform vote.
Sterling Infrastructure has higher revenue and earnings than Argan. Sterling Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Argan, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sterling Infrastructure has a net margin of 7.47% compared to Argan's net margin of 6.08%. Sterling Infrastructure's return on equity of 25.06% beat Argan's return on equity.
Argan has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sterling Infrastructure has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
79.4% of Argan shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.0% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. 11.9% of Argan shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Sterling Infrastructure beats Argan on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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