ACA vs. VMI, FLS, ASPN, FRTA, CTOS, JHX, FBIN, CX, EXP, and WFG
Should you be buying Arcosa stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arcosa include Valmont Industries (VMI), Flowserve (FLS), Aspen Aerogels (ASPN), Forterra (FRTA), Custom Truck One Source (CTOS), James Hardie Industries (JHX), Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN), CEMEX (CX), Eagle Materials (EXP), and West Fraser Timber (WFG).
Valmont Industries (NYSE:VMI) and Arcosa (NYSE:ACA) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.
In the previous week, Arcosa had 2 more articles in the media than Valmont Industries. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Arcosa and 3 mentions for Valmont Industries. Arcosa's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Valmont Industries' score of 1.59 indicating that Arcosa is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Valmont Industries received 254 more outperform votes than Arcosa when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.95% of users gave Valmont Industries an outperform vote while only 54.86% of users gave Arcosa an outperform vote.
Valmont Industries has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arcosa has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Valmont Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Arcosa pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Valmont Industries pays out 31.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Arcosa pays out 6.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Arcosa has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Valmont Industries. Arcosa is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Valmont Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
87.8% of Valmont Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.7% of Arcosa shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Valmont Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Arcosa shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Arcosa has a net margin of 6.05% compared to Valmont Industries' net margin of 4.09%. Valmont Industries' return on equity of 23.30% beat Arcosa's return on equity.
Valmont Industries presently has a consensus price target of $332.50, suggesting a potential upside of 24.87%. Arcosa has a consensus price target of $100.25, suggesting a potential upside of 22.58%. Given Valmont Industries' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Valmont Industries is more favorable than Arcosa.
Summary
Valmont Industries beats Arcosa on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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