ACM vs. BLD, FND, WMS, FIX, TOL, CLH, TTEK, CX, RPM, and APG
Should you be buying AECOM stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AECOM include TopBuild (BLD), Floor & Decor (FND), Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), Toll Brothers (TOL), Clean Harbors (CLH), Tetra Tech (TTEK), CEMEX (CX), RPM International (RPM), and APi Group (APG).
AECOM (NYSE:ACM) and TopBuild (NYSE:BLD) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.
TopBuild has a net margin of 11.82% compared to AECOM's net margin of 0.42%. TopBuild's return on equity of 27.03% beat AECOM's return on equity.
AECOM received 59 more outperform votes than TopBuild when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.17% of users gave TopBuild an outperform vote while only 63.99% of users gave AECOM an outperform vote.
AECOM currently has a consensus target price of $107.43, suggesting a potential upside of 15.03%. TopBuild has a consensus target price of $420.90, suggesting a potential upside of 1.36%. Given AECOM's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AECOM is more favorable than TopBuild.
TopBuild has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AECOM. TopBuild is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AECOM, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
85.4% of AECOM shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.7% of TopBuild shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of AECOM shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of TopBuild shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
AECOM has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TopBuild has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, AECOM had 2 more articles in the media than TopBuild. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for AECOM and 31 mentions for TopBuild. TopBuild's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat AECOM's score of 0.40 indicating that TopBuild is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
TopBuild beats AECOM on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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