AECOM (ACM) Competitors

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 businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings and valuation.

Is PWR or ACM a better dividend stock?

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 raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years and AECOM has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PWR or ACM?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Quanta Services	Outperform Votes 602 71.41%	Underperform Votes 241 28.59%
AECOM	Outperform Votes 538 65.05%	Underperform Votes 289 34.95%

Do analysts prefer PWR or ACM?

Quanta Services presently has a consensus price target of $344.35, indicating a potential downside of 0.03%. AECOM has a consensus price target of $119.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.11%. 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

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of PWR or ACM?

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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of AECOM shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to PWR or ACM?

In the previous week, Quanta Services had 10 more articles in the media than AECOM. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Quanta Services and 17 mentions for AECOM. Quanta Services' average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat AECOM's score of 1.11 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	22 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AECOM	10 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PWR or ACM 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
Quanta Services	3.82%	18.00%	7.14%
AECOM	2.93%	26.84%	5.47%

Which has more risk and volatility, PWR or ACM?

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.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, PWR or ACM?

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
Quanta Services	$24.87B	2.05	$744.69M	$6.20	55.56
AECOM	$16.05B	0.88	$402.27M	$4.59	23.33

Summary

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