ABM vs. UNF, IESC, FTDR, ROAD, DOOR, CVCO, CCS, STRL, MHO, and PGTI
Should you be buying ABM Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ABM Industries include UniFirst (UNF), IES (IESC), Frontdoor (FTDR), Construction Partners (ROAD), Masonite International (DOOR), Cavco Industries (CVCO), Century Communities (CCS), Sterling Infrastructure (STRL), M/I Homes (MHO), and PGT Innovations (PGTI).
ABM Industries (NYSE:ABM) and UniFirst (NYSE:UNF) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, earnings and risk.
ABM Industries has higher revenue and earnings than UniFirst. ABM Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UniFirst, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ABM Industries has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UniFirst has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
91.6% of ABM Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.2% of UniFirst shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of ABM Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of UniFirst shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
UniFirst has a net margin of 4.92% compared to ABM Industries' net margin of 3.15%. ABM Industries' return on equity of 12.88% beat UniFirst's return on equity.
ABM Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. UniFirst pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. ABM Industries pays out 23.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. UniFirst pays out 21.6% 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.
ABM Industries presently has a consensus price target of $45.20, indicating a potential upside of 2.63%. UniFirst has a consensus price target of $177.75, indicating a potential upside of 8.23%. Given UniFirst's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe UniFirst is more favorable than ABM Industries.
In the previous week, UniFirst had 2 more articles in the media than ABM Industries. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for UniFirst and 4 mentions for ABM Industries. UniFirst's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat ABM Industries' score of 0.44 indicating that UniFirst is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ABM Industries received 90 more outperform votes than UniFirst when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.38% of users gave ABM Industries an outperform vote while only 53.12% of users gave UniFirst an outperform vote.
Summary
ABM Industries beats UniFirst on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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