J vs. ACM, DOV, ITT, PH, FER, LEN.B, APG, BLD, TMHC, and IESC
Should you be buying Jacobs Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Jacobs Solutions include AECOM (ACM), Dover (DOV), ITT (ITT), Parker-Hannifin (PH), Ferrovial (FER), Lennar (LEN.B), APi Group (APG), TopBuild (BLD), Taylor Morrison Home (TMHC), and IES (IESC).
Jacobs Solutions vs. Its Competitors
AECOM (NYSE:ACM) and Jacobs Solutions (NYSE:J) are related large-cap companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.
In the previous week, AECOM had 5 more articles in the media than Jacobs Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for AECOM and 19 mentions for Jacobs Solutions. Jacobs Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat AECOM's score of 0.82 indicating that Jacobs Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
85.4% of AECOM shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.7% of Jacobs Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of AECOM shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Jacobs Solutions shares are owned by 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.
AECOM has a net margin of 3.85% compared to Jacobs Solutions' net margin of 3.53%. AECOM's return on equity of 27.67% beat Jacobs Solutions' return on equity.
AECOM presently has a consensus price target of $123.71, suggesting a potential upside of 8.85%. Jacobs Solutions has a consensus price target of $151.38, suggesting a potential upside of 8.32%. Given AECOM's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe AECOM is more favorable than Jacobs Solutions.
AECOM pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Jacobs Solutions pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. AECOM pays out 22.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Jacobs Solutions pays out 35.3% 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. AECOM has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Jacobs Solutions has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Jacobs Solutions is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
AECOM has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jacobs Solutions has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Jacobs Solutions has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AECOM. AECOM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Jacobs Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
AECOM beats Jacobs Solutions on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:J) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff