BLD vs. ACM, TOL, WMS, RPM, FND, CX, OC, FIX, JHX, and MAS
Should you be buying TopBuild stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TopBuild include AECOM (ACM), Toll Brothers (TOL), Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS), RPM International (RPM), Floor & Decor (FND), CEMEX (CX), Owens Corning (OC), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), James Hardie Industries (JHX), and Masco (MAS). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
AECOM (NYSE:ACM) and TopBuild (NYSE:BLD) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.
TopBuild has a net margin of 11.82% compared to TopBuild's net margin of 0.42%. AECOM's return on equity of 27.03% beat TopBuild's return on equity.
In the previous week, TopBuild had 2 more articles in the media than AECOM. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for TopBuild and 7 mentions for AECOM. AECOM's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat TopBuild's score of 0.59 indicating that TopBuild is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
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.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of TopBuild shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
AECOM presently has a consensus target price of $105.43, indicating a potential upside of 11.31%. TopBuild has a consensus target price of $418.90, indicating a potential upside of 1.48%. Given TopBuild's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AECOM is more favorable than TopBuild.
AECOM has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TopBuild has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
TopBuild beats AECOM on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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