GVA vs. MTZ, KBR, FLR, DY, STRL, PRIM, MYRG, AMRC, TPC, and AGX
Should you be buying Granite Construction stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Granite Construction include MasTec (MTZ), KBR (KBR), Fluor (FLR), Dycom Industries (DY), Sterling Infrastructure (STRL), Primoris Services (PRIM), MYR Group (MYRG), Ameresco (AMRC), Tutor Perini (TPC), and Argan (AGX). These companies are all part of the "construction & engineering" industry.
Granite Construction (NYSE:GVA) and MasTec (NYSE:MTZ) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.
78.1% of MasTec shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Granite Construction shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.3% of MasTec shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Granite Construction has higher earnings, but lower revenue than MasTec. MasTec is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Granite Construction, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MasTec received 345 more outperform votes than Granite Construction when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.50% of users gave MasTec an outperform vote while only 57.59% of users gave Granite Construction an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Granite Construction had 3 more articles in the media than MasTec. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Granite Construction and 6 mentions for MasTec. MasTec's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Granite Construction's score of 0.68 indicating that MasTec is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Granite Construction has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MasTec has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Granite Construction currently has a consensus target price of $57.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.83%. MasTec has a consensus target price of $116.23, suggesting a potential upside of 10.04%. Given MasTec's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe MasTec is more favorable than Granite Construction.
Granite Construction has a net margin of 0.98% compared to MasTec's net margin of -0.09%. Granite Construction's return on equity of 14.91% beat MasTec's return on equity.
Summary
MasTec beats Granite Construction on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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