Granite Construction (GVA) Competitors

Granite Construction (NYSE:GVA) and Sterling Infrastructure (NASDAQ:STRL) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.

Is GVA or STRL more profitable?

Sterling Infrastructure has a net margin of 7.03% compared to Granite Construction's net margin of 1.24%. Sterling Infrastructure's return on equity of 24.75% beat Granite Construction's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Granite Construction	1.24%	14.15%	5.67%
Sterling Infrastructure	7.03%	24.75%	8.57%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GVA or STRL?

Granite Construction received 99 more outperform votes than Sterling Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.59% of users gave Granite Construction an outperform vote while only 56.39% of users gave Sterling Infrastructure an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Granite Construction	Outperform Votes 368 57.59%	Underperform Votes 271 42.41%
Sterling Infrastructure	Outperform Votes 269 56.39%	Underperform Votes 208 43.61%

Which has more volatility & risk, GVA or STRL?

Granite Construction has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sterling Infrastructure has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in GVA or STRL?

81.0% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Granite Construction shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer GVA or STRL?

Granite Construction presently has a consensus target price of $57.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.66%. Sterling Infrastructure has a consensus target price of $115.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.97%. Given Sterling Infrastructure's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sterling Infrastructure is more favorable than Granite Construction.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Granite Construction	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Sterling Infrastructure	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, GVA or STRL?

Sterling Infrastructure has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Granite Construction. Sterling Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Granite Construction, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Granite Construction	$3.51B	0.69	$43.60M	$0.76	72.36
Sterling Infrastructure	$1.97B	1.56	$138.65M	$4.45	22.28

Does the media prefer GVA or STRL?

In the previous week, Granite Construction and Granite Construction both had 7 articles in the media. Sterling Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Granite Construction's score of 0.36 indicating that Sterling Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Granite Construction	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Sterling Infrastructure	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Sterling Infrastructure beats Granite Construction on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.