GVA vs. STRL, FLR, KBR, ROAD, CCS, FTDR, PRIM, DFH, DOOR, and PATK
Should you be buying Granite Construction stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Granite Construction include Sterling Infrastructure (STRL), Fluor (FLR), KBR (KBR), Construction Partners (ROAD), Century Communities (CCS), Frontdoor (FTDR), Primoris Services (PRIM), Dream Finders Homes (DFH), Masonite International (DOOR), and Patrick Industries (PATK). 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 investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.
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 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.
Sterling Infrastructure has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Granite Construction has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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. Granite Construction's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Sterling Infrastructure'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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Granite Construction shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Sterling Infrastructure has a net margin of 7.47% compared to Sterling Infrastructure's net margin of 0.98%. Granite Construction's return on equity of 25.06% beat Sterling Infrastructure's return on equity.
Sterling Infrastructure presently has a consensus target price of $115.00, indicating a potential downside of 7.29%. Granite Construction has a consensus target price of $57.00, indicating a potential downside of 7.95%. Given Granite Construction's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sterling Infrastructure is more favorable than Granite Construction.
Summary
Sterling Infrastructure beats Granite Construction on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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