ACA vs. DY, KNF, GTES, RYN, STRL, SKY, TPH, MHO, PCH, and AWI
Should you be buying Arcosa stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arcosa include Dycom Industries (DY), Knife River (KNF), Gates Industrial (GTES), Rayonier (RYN), Sterling Infrastructure (STRL), Skyline Champion (SKY), Tri Pointe Homes (TPH), M/I Homes (MHO), PotlatchDeltic (PCH), and Armstrong World Industries (AWI). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Dycom Industries (NYSE:DY) and Arcosa (NYSE:ACA) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, risk and community ranking.
Arcosa has a net margin of 6.05% compared to Arcosa's net margin of 5.24%. Arcosa's return on equity of 22.06% beat Dycom Industries' return on equity.
In the previous week, Dycom Industries had 5 more articles in the media than Arcosa. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Dycom Industries and 6 mentions for Arcosa. Dycom Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Arcosa's score of 0.49 indicating that Arcosa is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Dycom Industries has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arcosa has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Dycom Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Arcosa. Dycom Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arcosa, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dycom Industries presently has a consensus price target of $138.83, indicating a potential downside of 8.20%. Arcosa has a consensus price target of $90.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.51%. Given Dycom Industries' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Arcosa is more favorable than Dycom Industries.
Dycom Industries received 574 more outperform votes than Arcosa when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.28% of users gave Dycom Industries an outperform vote while only 53.90% of users gave Arcosa an outperform vote.
98.3% of Dycom Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.7% of Arcosa shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of Dycom Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Arcosa shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Dycom Industries beats Arcosa on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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