KBR vs. FLR, STRL, GVA, ROAD, EXP, AYI, TREX, AAON, SSD, and UFPI
Should you be buying KBR stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KBR include Fluor (FLR), Sterling Infrastructure (STRL), Granite Construction (GVA), Construction Partners (ROAD), Eagle Materials (EXP), Acuity Brands (AYI), Trex (TREX), AAON (AAON), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), and UFP Industries (UFPI). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Fluor (NYSE:FLR) and KBR (NYSE:KBR) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, KBR had 5 more articles in the media than Fluor. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for KBR and 8 mentions for Fluor. KBR's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Fluor's score of 0.54 indicating that Fluor is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Fluor presently has a consensus price target of $43.17, indicating a potential upside of 5.67%. KBR has a consensus price target of $73.43, indicating a potential upside of 11.29%. Given Fluor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe KBR is more favorable than Fluor.
Fluor received 136 more outperform votes than KBR when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.60% of users gave Fluor an outperform vote while only 66.18% 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.
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 has a beta of 2.12, suggesting that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KBR has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
88.1% of Fluor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of KBR shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Fluor shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of KBR shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments 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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This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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