FIX vs. PWR, EME, ACM, KBR, MTZ, FLR, DY, STRL, PRIM, and GVA
Should you be buying Comfort Systems USA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Comfort Systems USA include Quanta Services (PWR), EMCOR Group (EME), AECOM (ACM), KBR (KBR), MasTec (MTZ), Fluor (FLR), Dycom Industries (DY), Sterling Infrastructure (STRL), Primoris Services (PRIM), and Granite Construction (GVA). These companies are all part of the "construction & engineering" industry.
Comfort Systems USA (NYSE:FIX) and Quanta Services (NYSE:PWR) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.
Comfort Systems USA presently has a consensus price target of $302.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.50%. Quanta Services has a consensus price target of $273.75, suggesting a potential upside of 6.63%. Given Quanta Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Quanta Services is more favorable than Comfort Systems USA.
Quanta Services received 319 more outperform votes than Comfort Systems USA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.28% of users gave Quanta Services an outperform vote while only 65.17% of users gave Comfort Systems USA an outperform vote.
Comfort Systems USA pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Quanta Services pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Comfort Systems USA pays out 11.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Quanta Services pays out 7.0% 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.
Comfort Systems USA has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quanta Services has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Comfort Systems USA has a net margin of 6.51% compared to Quanta Services' net margin of 3.57%. Comfort Systems USA's return on equity of 28.65% beat Quanta Services' return on equity.
96.5% of Comfort Systems USA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.5% of Quanta Services shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Comfort Systems USA shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Quanta Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Comfort Systems USA had 6 more articles in the media than Quanta Services. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Comfort Systems USA and 18 mentions for Quanta Services. Comfort Systems USA's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Quanta Services' score of 0.76 indicating that Comfort Systems USA is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Summary
Comfort Systems USA beats Quanta Services on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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