J vs. FER, LEN.B, APG, BLD, ROAD, TMHC, IESC, IBP, ECG, and GRBK
Should you be buying Jacobs Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Jacobs Solutions include Ferrovial (FER), Lennar (LEN.B), APi Group (APG), TopBuild (BLD), Construction Partners (ROAD), Taylor Morrison Home (TMHC), IES (IESC), Installed Building Products (IBP), Everus (ECG), and Green Brick Partners (GRBK). These companies are all part of the "construction" industry.
Jacobs Solutions vs.
Ferrovial (NASDAQ:FER) and Jacobs Solutions (NYSE:J) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking and dividends.
In the previous week, Jacobs Solutions had 5 more articles in the media than Ferrovial. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Jacobs Solutions and 10 mentions for Ferrovial. Jacobs Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Ferrovial's score of 0.54 indicating that Jacobs Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ferrovial pays an annual dividend of $0.83 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Jacobs Solutions pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Jacobs Solutions pays out 35.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Jacobs Solutions has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
Jacobs Solutions has a net margin of 4.28% compared to Ferrovial's net margin of 0.00%. Jacobs Solutions' return on equity of 14.87% beat Ferrovial's return on equity.
Jacobs Solutions has a consensus target price of $150.86, suggesting a potential upside of 18.46%. Given Jacobs Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Jacobs Solutions is more favorable than Ferrovial.
22.3% of Ferrovial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.7% of Jacobs Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Jacobs Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Jacobs Solutions received 100 more outperform votes than Ferrovial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.10% of users gave Jacobs Solutions an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave Ferrovial an outperform vote.
Jacobs Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Ferrovial.
Summary
Jacobs Solutions beats Ferrovial on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:J) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
