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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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
AECOM
9 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Jacobs Solutions
13 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AECOM3.85% 27.67% 5.65%
Jacobs Solutions 3.53%15.67%6.11%

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
AECOM
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Jacobs Solutions
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
AECOM$16.05B0.94$402.27M$4.5924.76
Jacobs Solutions$11.50B1.46$821.09M$3.6338.50

Summary

AECOM beats Jacobs Solutions on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding J and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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J vs. The Competition

MetricJacobs SolutionsTechnology Services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$16.79B$2.48B$15.06B$20.71B
Dividend Yield0.96%1.45%2.75%3.68%
P/E Ratio38.5031.3028.3927.42
Price / Sales1.4638.9648.2770.78
Price / Cash17.0643.7226.2421.88
Price / Book3.806.266.524.64
Net Income$821.09M$33.22M$195.71M$994.58M
7 Day Performance2.56%0.98%0.51%-0.94%
1 Month Performance8.80%11.12%6.90%5.16%
1 Year Performance-6.55%26.23%19.48%8.80%

Jacobs Solutions Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
J
Jacobs Solutions
3.1589 of 5 stars
$139.75
+1.5%
$151.38
+8.3%
-8.6%$16.79B$11.50B38.5045,000Positive News
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ACM
AECOM
3.6044 of 5 stars
$115.37
-0.3%
$120.86
+4.8%
+23.4%$15.26B$16.11B25.1451,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
DOV
Dover
4.5255 of 5 stars
$187.30
-0.7%
$206.50
+10.3%
-2.0%$25.68B$7.75B11.2824,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
ITT
ITT
4.5088 of 5 stars
$158.84
-1.4%
$165.50
+4.2%
+10.4%$12.50B$3.63B25.2511,700Analyst Forecast
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.3922 of 5 stars
$706.20
-1.8%
$719.41
+1.9%
+24.8%$90.24B$19.93B27.1961,120Positive News
Analyst Forecast
FER
Ferrovial
1.3 of 5 stars
$52.52
-0.9%
N/A+25.8%$38.90B$9.90B0.0024,799News Coverage
LEN.B
Lennar
N/A$104.33
-1.2%
N/A-34.6%$27.52B$35.44B8.6312,000
APG
APi Group
2.6523 of 5 stars
$34.20
-0.4%
$33.71
-1.4%
+35.5%$14.20B$7.02B111.5229,000Analyst Upgrade
BLD
TopBuild
4.1236 of 5 stars
$343.00
-1.3%
$380.22
+10.9%
-23.0%$9.81B$5.33B17.3513,984
TMHC
Taylor Morrison Home
3.5227 of 5 stars
$62.51
-1.5%
$76.88
+23.0%
-3.6%$6.27B$8.17B7.273,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
IESC
IES
2.1101 of 5 stars
$304.88
-0.5%
N/A+103.3%$6.05B$2.88B25.519,485News Coverage
Positive News

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