ROAD vs. STRL, GVA, GLDD, ORN, FLR, KBR, ABM, DOOR, CVCO, and CCS
Should you be buying Construction Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Construction Partners include Sterling Infrastructure (STRL), Granite Construction (GVA), Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD), Orion Group (ORN), Fluor (FLR), KBR (KBR), ABM Industries (ABM), Masonite International (DOOR), Cavco Industries (CVCO), and Century Communities (CCS). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Construction Partners (NASDAQ:ROAD) and Sterling Infrastructure (NASDAQ:STRL) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.
94.8% of Construction Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.0% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. 18.8% of Construction Partners 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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Sterling Infrastructure received 100 more outperform votes than Construction Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.30% of users gave Construction Partners an outperform vote while only 56.39% of users gave Sterling Infrastructure an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Sterling Infrastructure had 3 more articles in the media than Construction Partners. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Sterling Infrastructure and 4 mentions for Construction Partners. Sterling Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Construction Partners' score of 0.48 indicating that Sterling Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Construction Partners currently has a consensus price target of $52.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.21%. Sterling Infrastructure has a consensus price target of $115.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.52%. Given Sterling Infrastructure's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sterling Infrastructure is more favorable than Construction Partners.
Sterling Infrastructure has higher revenue and earnings than Construction Partners. Sterling Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Construction Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sterling Infrastructure has a net margin of 7.03% compared to Construction Partners' net margin of 3.52%. Sterling Infrastructure's return on equity of 24.75% beat Construction Partners' return on equity.
Construction Partners has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sterling Infrastructure has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Sterling Infrastructure beats Construction Partners on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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