AMRC vs. MTRX, SMXT, PDS, CSIQ, REX, SBR, SXC, PUMP, ENVX, and GRNT
Should you be buying Ameresco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ameresco include Matrix Service (MTRX), SolarMax Technology (SMXT), Precision Drilling (PDS), Canadian Solar (CSIQ), REX American Resources (REX), Sabine Royalty Trust (SBR), SunCoke Energy (SXC), ProPetro (PUMP), Enovix (ENVX), and Granite Ridge Resources (GRNT). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Matrix Service (NASDAQ:MTRX) and Ameresco (NYSE:AMRC) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk and profitability.
Matrix Service has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameresco has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ameresco received 108 more outperform votes than Matrix Service when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.83% of users gave Ameresco an outperform vote while only 55.88% of users gave Matrix Service an outperform vote.
Matrix Service presently has a consensus target price of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 29.98%. Ameresco has a consensus target price of $44.69, indicating a potential upside of 109.92%. Given Matrix Service's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ameresco is more favorable than Matrix Service.
Ameresco has a net margin of 4.54% compared to Ameresco's net margin of -2.49%. Matrix Service's return on equity of 7.49% beat Ameresco's return on equity.
Ameresco has higher revenue and earnings than Matrix Service. Matrix Service is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ameresco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Ameresco had 13 more articles in the media than Matrix Service. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Ameresco and 3 mentions for Matrix Service. Ameresco's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Matrix Service's score of 0.21 indicating that Matrix Service is being referred to more favorably in the media.
78.4% of Matrix Service shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.2% of Ameresco shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Matrix Service shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 41.8% of Ameresco shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Ameresco beats Matrix Service on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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