FLR vs. KBR, STRL, GVA, ROAD, UFPI, SUM, AZEK, IBP, MTZ, and ALTR
Should you be buying Fluor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fluor include KBR (KBR), Sterling Infrastructure (STRL), Granite Construction (GVA), Construction Partners (ROAD), UFP Industries (UFPI), Summit Materials (SUM), AZEK (AZEK), Installed Building Products (IBP), MasTec (MTZ), and Altair Engineering (ALTR). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
KBR (NYSE:KBR) and Fluor (NYSE:FLR) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends and earnings.
KBR has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fluor has a beta of 2.12, meaning that its stock price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Fluor has a net margin of 0.90% compared to Fluor's net margin of -3.81%. Fluor's return on equity of 25.08% beat KBR's return on equity.
Fluor received 135 more outperform votes than KBR when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.60% of users gave Fluor an outperform vote while only 66.22% of users gave KBR an outperform vote.
Fluor has higher revenue and earnings than KBR. KBR is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fluor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, KBR had 17 more articles in the media than Fluor. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for KBR and 6 mentions for Fluor. KBR's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Fluor's score of 0.52 indicating that Fluor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
KBR presently has a consensus target price of $73.86, suggesting a potential upside of 12.66%. Fluor has a consensus target price of $43.17, suggesting a potential upside of 6.82%. Given Fluor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe KBR is more favorable than Fluor.
97.0% of KBR shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.1% of Fluor shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of KBR shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Fluor 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.
Summary
Fluor beats KBR on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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