Comfort Systems USA (FIX) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PWR or FIX?

Quanta Services received 343 more outperform votes than Comfort Systems USA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.41% of users gave Quanta Services an outperform vote while only 65.57% of users gave Comfort Systems USA an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Quanta Services	Outperform Votes 602 71.41%	Underperform Votes 241 28.59%
Comfort Systems USA	Outperform Votes 259 65.57%	Underperform Votes 136 34.43%

Which has more risk and volatility, PWR or FIX?

Quanta Services has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Comfort Systems USA has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PWR or FIX more profitable?

Comfort Systems USA has a net margin of 7.43% compared to Quanta Services' net margin of 3.82%. Comfort Systems USA's return on equity of 35.28% beat Quanta Services' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Quanta Services	3.82%	18.00%	7.14%
Comfort Systems USA	7.43%	35.28%	12.51%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in PWR or FIX?

90.5% of Quanta Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.5% of Comfort Systems USA shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Quanta Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Comfort Systems USA shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate PWR or FIX?

Quanta Services currently has a consensus target price of $344.35, suggesting a potential downside of 0.12%. Comfort Systems USA has a consensus target price of $517.60, suggesting a potential upside of 9.44%. Given Comfort Systems USA's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Comfort Systems USA 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
Comfort Systems USA	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer PWR or FIX?

In the previous week, Comfort Systems USA had 1 more articles in the media than Quanta Services. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Comfort Systems USA and 26 mentions for Quanta Services. Quanta Services' average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Comfort Systems USA'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	23 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Comfort Systems USA	23 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, PWR or FIX?

Quanta Services has higher revenue and earnings than Comfort Systems USA. Comfort Systems USA 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	55.61
Comfort Systems USA	$7.32B	2.28	$323.40M	$16.67	28.37

Is PWR or FIX a better dividend stock?

Quanta Services pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Comfort Systems USA pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Quanta Services pays out 6.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Comfort Systems USA pays out 10.8% 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 Comfort Systems USA has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Comfort Systems USA is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Comfort Systems USA beats Quanta Services on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.