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AECOM (ACM) Competitors

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ACM vs. PWR, EME, FIX, MTZ, KBR, FLR, STRL, DY, PRIM, and GVA

Should you be buying AECOM stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AECOM include Quanta Services (PWR), EMCOR Group (EME), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), MasTec (MTZ), KBR (KBR), Fluor (FLR), Sterling Infrastructure (STRL), Dycom Industries (DY), Primoris Services (PRIM), and Granite Construction (GVA). These companies are all part of the "construction & engineering" industry.

AECOM vs.

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Quanta Services$24.87B1.96$744.69M$6.2053.13
AECOM$16.05B0.88$402.27M$4.5923.30

In the previous week, Quanta Services had 11 more articles in the media than AECOM. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Quanta Services and 19 mentions for AECOM. Quanta Services' average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat AECOM's score of 1.45 indicating that Quanta Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Quanta Services presently has a consensus target price of $344.35, suggesting a potential upside of 4.54%. AECOM has a consensus target price of $119.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.28%. Given AECOM's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AECOM is more favorable than Quanta Services.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Quanta Services
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
AECOM
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

90.5% of Quanta Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.4% of AECOM shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Quanta Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of AECOM shares are owned 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.

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
Quanta Services3.82% 18.00% 7.14%
AECOM 2.93%26.84%5.47%

Quanta Services received 64 more outperform votes than AECOM when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.41% of users gave Quanta Services an outperform vote while only 65.05% of users gave AECOM an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Quanta ServicesOutperform Votes
602
71.41%
Underperform Votes
241
28.59%
AECOMOutperform Votes
538
65.05%
Underperform Votes
289
34.95%

Quanta Services pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. AECOM pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Quanta Services pays out 6.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AECOM pays out 22.7% 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. Quanta Services has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years and AECOM has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Quanta Services has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AECOM has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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

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ACM vs. The Competition

MetricAECOMEngineering services IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$14.15B$4.50B$8.68B$19.31B
Dividend Yield0.96%1.09%2.05%3.83%
P/E Ratio30.3830.3016.4834.55
Price / Sales0.881.6374.4434.91
Price / Cash16.4329.7121.3017.51
Price / Book6.054.744.584.68
Net Income$402.27M$168.37M$557.33M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-1.45%0.41%-2.28%-1.96%
1 Month Performance13.72%13.87%8.14%7.26%
1 Year Performance19.83%25.45%84.44%3.95%

AECOM Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ACM
AECOM
4.6019 of 5 stars
$107.32
-0.1%
$119.00
+10.9%
+19.2%$14.20B$16.05B30.4950,000Positive News
PWR
Quanta Services
3.985 of 5 stars
$344.54
-0.1%
$344.35
-0.1%
+25.5%$51.08B$24.87B57.1447,300News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
EME
EMCOR Group
2.7112 of 5 stars
$469.62
-0.2%
$494.50
+5.3%
+19.6%$21.02B$15.00B23.8535,500Positive News
FIX
Comfort Systems USA
4.5954 of 5 stars
$470.48
-0.3%
$517.60
+10.0%
+42.2%$16.60B$7.32B32.2014,100Positive News
MTZ
MasTec
3.396 of 5 stars
$157.31
-0.3%
$162.06
+3.0%
+42.7%$12.41B$12.46B140.4630,000Positive News
KBR
KBR
4.7385 of 5 stars
$55.47
-1.2%
$68.86
+24.1%
-21.7%$7.20B$7.98B23.3130,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
FLR
Fluor
4.4149 of 5 stars
$37.88
-1.6%
$45.43
+19.9%
-7.2%$6.24B$16.56B3.1139,600Positive News
STRL
Sterling Infrastructure
1.1458 of 5 stars
$185.98
-1.4%
$185.00
-0.5%
+39.5%$5.66B$2.11B31.423,200News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
DY
Dycom Industries
4.0315 of 5 stars
$191.26
-1.8%
$201.89
+5.6%
+45.1%$5.50B$4.70B25.1715,400Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
PRIM
Primoris Services
4.2015 of 5 stars
$74.98
-0.7%
$85.75
+14.4%
+42.5%$4.05B$6.60B24.8312,800Positive News
Gap Down
GVA
Granite Construction
1.4189 of 5 stars
$86.85
-0.2%
$76.00
-12.5%
+37.1%$3.80B$4.03B35.163,800Positive News

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