AECOM (ACM) Competitors

AECOM (NYSE:ACM) and Quanta Services (NYSE:PWR) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Is ACM or PWR a better dividend stock?

AECOM pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Quanta Services pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. AECOM pays out 22.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Quanta Services pays out 6.5% 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. AECOM has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Quanta Services has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years.

Is ACM or PWR more profitable?

Quanta Services has a net margin of 3.82% compared to AECOM's net margin of 2.93%. AECOM's return on equity of 26.84% beat Quanta Services' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AECOM	2.93%	26.84%	5.47%
Quanta Services	3.82%	18.00%	7.14%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ACM or PWR?

Quanta Services received 66 more outperform votes than AECOM when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.48% of users gave Quanta Services an outperform vote while only 65.05% of users gave AECOM an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AECOM	Outperform Votes 538 65.05%	Underperform Votes 289 34.95%
Quanta Services	Outperform Votes 604 71.48%	Underperform Votes 241 28.52%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, ACM or PWR?

Quanta Services has higher revenue and earnings than AECOM. AECOM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quanta Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AECOM	$16.05B	0.92	$402.27M	$4.59	24.43
Quanta Services	$24.87B	2.12	$744.69M	$6.20	57.38

Does the media refer more to ACM or PWR?

In the previous week, Quanta Services had 16 more articles in the media than AECOM. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Quanta Services and 9 mentions for AECOM. Quanta Services' average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat AECOM's score of 0.97 indicating that Quanta Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AECOM	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Quanta Services	23 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ACM or PWR?

85.4% of AECOM shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.5% of Quanta Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of AECOM shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Quanta Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, ACM or PWR?

AECOM has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quanta Services has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate ACM or PWR?

AECOM currently has a consensus price target of $120.86, suggesting a potential upside of 7.76%. Quanta Services has a consensus price target of $347.35, suggesting a potential downside of 2.36%. Given AECOM's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe AECOM is more favorable than Quanta Services.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AECOM	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Quanta Services	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82

Summary

Quanta Services beats AECOM on 18 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.