PWR vs. WSO, TXT, EMR, SNA, TREX, TRI, NOC, WM, TPC, and DRTT
Should you be buying Quanta Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quanta Services include Watsco (WSO), Textron (TXT), Emerson Electric (EMR), Snap-on (SNA), Trex (TREX), Thomson Reuters (TRI), Northrop Grumman (NOC), Waste Management (WM), Tutor Perini (TPC), and DIRTT Environmental Solutions (DRTT).
Quanta Services (NYSE:PWR) and Watsco (NYSE:WSO) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
Quanta Services received 230 more outperform votes than Watsco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.16% of users gave Quanta Services an outperform vote while only 55.46% of users gave Watsco an outperform vote.
Quanta Services has higher revenue and earnings than Watsco. Watsco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quanta Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Quanta Services has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Watsco has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Quanta Services had 15 more articles in the media than Watsco. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Quanta Services and 9 mentions for Watsco. Watsco's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Quanta Services' score of 0.81 indicating that Watsco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
90.5% of Quanta Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.7% of Watsco shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Quanta Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.3% of Watsco shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Watsco has a net margin of 7.03% compared to Quanta Services' net margin of 3.57%. Watsco's return on equity of 19.26% beat Quanta Services' return on equity.
Quanta Services presently has a consensus target price of $255.85, indicating a potential downside of 0.19%. Watsco has a consensus target price of $404.25, indicating a potential downside of 12.98%. Given Quanta Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Quanta Services is more favorable than Watsco.
Quanta Services pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Watsco pays an annual dividend of $10.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Quanta Services pays out 7.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Watsco pays out 83.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Quanta Services beats Watsco on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Quanta Services News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PWR and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PWR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
Quanta Services Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
