AGX vs. STRL, GVA, PRIM, AMRC, MYRG, TPC, GLDD, NWPX, MTRX, and ORN
Should you be buying Argan stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Argan include Sterling Infrastructure (STRL), Granite Construction (GVA), Primoris Services (PRIM), Ameresco (AMRC), MYR Group (MYRG), Tutor Perini (TPC), Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD), Northwest Pipe (NWPX), Matrix Service (MTRX), and Orion Group (ORN). These companies are all part of the "construction & engineering" industry.
Argan (NYSE:AGX) and Sterling Infrastructure (NASDAQ:STRL) are both construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Argan received 45 more outperform votes than Sterling Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.45% of users gave Argan an outperform vote while only 56.34% of users gave Sterling Infrastructure an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Argan had 5 more articles in the media than Sterling Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Argan and 10 mentions for Sterling Infrastructure. Sterling Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Argan's score of 0.57 indicating that Sterling Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sterling Infrastructure has a net margin of 7.85% compared to Argan's net margin of 6.11%. Sterling Infrastructure's return on equity of 25.64% beat Argan's return on equity.
79.4% of Argan shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.0% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.9% of Argan shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Sterling Infrastructure has higher revenue and earnings than Argan. Sterling Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Argan, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Argan has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sterling Infrastructure has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Argan currently has a consensus target price of $85.00, suggesting a potential downside of 6.70%. Sterling Infrastructure has a consensus target price of $115.00, suggesting a potential downside of 9.52%. Given Argan's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Argan is more favorable than Sterling Infrastructure.
Summary
Argan and Sterling Infrastructure tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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