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ACA vs. ALG, EXP, ITT, NPO, JHX, CX, FBIN, WFG, TGLS, and SKY

Should you be buying Arcosa stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arcosa include Alamo Group (ALG), Eagle Materials (EXP), ITT (ITT), Enpro (NPO), James Hardie Industries (JHX), Cemex (CX), Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN), West Fraser Timber (WFG), Tecnoglass (TGLS), and Champion Homes (SKY).

Arcosa vs. Its Competitors

Alamo Group (NYSE:ALG) and Arcosa (NYSE:ACA) are related mid-cap companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Alamo Group has a net margin of 7.25% compared to Arcosa's net margin of 3.00%. Alamo Group's return on equity of 11.56% beat Arcosa's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alamo Group7.25% 11.56% 7.92%
Arcosa 3.00%5.59%3.02%

Alamo Group currently has a consensus price target of $196.33, indicating a potential downside of 13.06%. Arcosa has a consensus price target of $104.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.89%. Given Arcosa's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Arcosa is more favorable than Alamo Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alamo Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Arcosa
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Alamo Group pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Arcosa pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Alamo Group pays out 12.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Arcosa pays out 12.6% 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. Alamo Group has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Alamo Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Alamo Group has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arcosa has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Alamo Group had 3 more articles in the media than Arcosa. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Alamo Group and 3 mentions for Arcosa. Arcosa's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Alamo Group's score of 0.57 indicating that Arcosa is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Alamo Group
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Arcosa
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Alamo Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Arcosa. Alamo Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arcosa, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alamo Group$1.63B1.68$115.93M$9.6023.52
Arcosa$2.57B1.70$93.70M$1.5956.44

92.4% of Alamo Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.7% of Arcosa shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Alamo Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Arcosa shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Alamo Group beats Arcosa on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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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ACA vs. The Competition

MetricArcosaBLDG&CONST IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.48B$11.04B$9.51B$20.79B
Dividend Yield0.22%1.71%2.01%3.71%
P/E Ratio56.4419.9916.2827.89
Price / Sales1.702.05116.4342.50
Price / Cash13.0614.2315.0122.63
Price / Book1.803.864.524.57
Net Income$93.70M$580.08M$622.34M$988.81M
7 Day Performance-0.31%0.11%1.54%0.21%
1 Month Performance0.64%6.55%4.95%3.91%
1 Year Performance5.25%10.55%100.54%11.35%

Arcosa Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ACA
Arcosa
4.0766 of 5 stars
$89.74
-2.3%
$104.00
+15.9%
+11.3%$4.48B$2.57B56.446,250Positive News
ALG
Alamo Group
3.3641 of 5 stars
$219.25
+1.0%
$196.33
-10.5%
+37.5%$2.65B$1.63B22.843,750
EXP
Eagle Materials
4.6158 of 5 stars
$202.04
-1.3%
$254.44
+25.9%
+4.5%$6.59B$2.26B14.682,500Positive News
ITT
ITT
4.4329 of 5 stars
$156.93
-0.6%
$165.50
+5.5%
+22.2%$12.35B$3.63B24.9511,700News Coverage
NPO
Enpro
3.692 of 5 stars
$191.63
+0.2%
$202.50
+5.7%
+39.6%$4.03B$1.05B47.673,500Positive News
JHX
James Hardie Industries
2.3161 of 5 stars
$26.95
-2.3%
$39.12
+45.1%
-9.9%$11.58B$3.88B27.505,860Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
CX
Cemex
2.6631 of 5 stars
$6.92
+1.6%
$7.58
+9.5%
+10.9%$10.03B$15.91B7.2145,649
FBIN
Fortune Brands Innovations
4.0806 of 5 stars
$51.52
+0.4%
$77.17
+49.8%
-15.4%$6.20B$4.61B15.1111,000
WFG
West Fraser Timber
4.3361 of 5 stars
$73.33
+0.5%
$100.40
+36.9%
+4.0%$5.64B$6.17B-431.359,700
TGLS
Tecnoglass
2.5034 of 5 stars
$77.52
-0.5%
$83.00
+7.1%
+49.3%$3.64B$919.84M24.236,910
SKY
Champion Homes
1.2592 of 5 stars
$62.77
+0.3%
$80.60
+28.4%
-2.3%$3.60B$2.48B18.359,000Positive News

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This page (NYSE:ACA) was last updated on 7/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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