ACA vs. VMI, ASPN, FLS, FRTA, CTOS, PRLB, GIFI, VATE, TPCS, and OC
Should you be buying Arcosa stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arcosa include Valmont Industries (VMI), Aspen Aerogels (ASPN), Flowserve (FLS), Forterra (FRTA), Custom Truck One Source (CTOS), Proto Labs (PRLB), Gulf Island Fabrication (GIFI), INNOVATE (VATE), TechPrecision (TPCS), and Owens Corning (OC).
Valmont Industries (NYSE:VMI) and Arcosa (NYSE:ACA) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability.
In the previous week, Arcosa had 1 more articles in the media than Valmont Industries. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Arcosa and 4 mentions for Valmont Industries. Valmont Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Arcosa's score of 1.46 indicating that Arcosa is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Arcosa has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Valmont Industries. Arcosa is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Valmont Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Arcosa has a net margin of 6.05% compared to Arcosa's net margin of 3.83%. Arcosa's return on equity of 22.14% beat Valmont Industries' return on equity.
Valmont Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Arcosa pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Valmont Industries pays out 31.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Arcosa pays out 6.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Valmont Industries has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Valmont Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Valmont Industries presently has a consensus target price of $262.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.26%. Arcosa has a consensus target price of $93.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.20%. Given Valmont Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Arcosa is more favorable than Valmont Industries.
Valmont Industries has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arcosa has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Valmont Industries received 250 more outperform votes than Arcosa when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.64% of users gave Valmont Industries an outperform vote while only 54.23% of users gave Arcosa an outperform vote.
87.8% of Valmont Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.7% of Arcosa shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Valmont Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Arcosa shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Valmont Industries beats Arcosa on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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