ACM vs. BLD, TOL, WMS, CX, FND, RPM, FIX, CLH, OC, and TTEK
Should you be buying AECOM stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AECOM include TopBuild (BLD), Toll Brothers (TOL), Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS), CEMEX (CX), Floor & Decor (FND), RPM International (RPM), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), Clean Harbors (CLH), Owens Corning (OC), and Tetra Tech (TTEK).
AECOM (NYSE:ACM) and TopBuild (NYSE:BLD) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk and community ranking.
AECOM has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TopBuild has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
TopBuild has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AECOM. TopBuild is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AECOM, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TopBuild has a net margin of 11.82% compared to AECOM's net margin of 0.42%. TopBuild's return on equity of 27.03% beat AECOM's return on equity.
85.4% of AECOM shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.7% of TopBuild shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of AECOM shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of TopBuild 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.
AECOM received 58 more outperform votes than TopBuild when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.12% of users gave TopBuild an outperform vote while only 63.90% of users gave AECOM an outperform vote.
AECOM currently has a consensus target price of $105.43, suggesting a potential upside of 12.10%. TopBuild has a consensus target price of $418.90, suggesting a potential upside of 2.90%. Given AECOM's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe AECOM is more favorable than TopBuild.
In the previous week, TopBuild had 2 more articles in the media than AECOM. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for TopBuild and 10 mentions for AECOM. AECOM's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat TopBuild's score of 0.85 indicating that AECOM is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
TopBuild beats AECOM on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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