Tutor Perini (TPC) Competitors

Granite Construction (NYSE:GVA) and Tutor Perini (NYSE:TPC) are both construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, GVA or TPC?

Granite Construction has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Tutor Perini. Tutor Perini is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Granite Construction, 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
Granite Construction	$4.01B	0.87	$126.35M	$2.47	32.16
Tutor Perini	$122.93B	0.01	-$171.15M	-$3.11	-7.07

Do analysts rate GVA or TPC?

Granite Construction presently has a consensus price target of $70.00, indicating a potential downside of 11.88%. Tutor Perini has a consensus price target of $39.00, indicating a potential upside of 77.27%. Given Tutor Perini's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Tutor Perini is more favorable than Granite Construction.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Granite Construction	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00
Tutor Perini	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in GVA or TPC?

65.0% of Tutor Perini shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Granite Construction shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.3% of Tutor Perini shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GVA or TPC?

Granite Construction received 2 more outperform votes than Tutor Perini when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.78% of users gave Tutor Perini an outperform vote while only 57.41% of users gave Granite Construction an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Granite Construction	Outperform Votes 368 57.41%	Underperform Votes 273 42.59%
Tutor Perini	Outperform Votes 366 64.78%	Underperform Votes 199 35.22%

Is GVA or TPC more profitable?

Granite Construction has a net margin of 3.15% compared to Tutor Perini's net margin of -3.08%. Granite Construction's return on equity of 20.67% beat Tutor Perini's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Granite Construction	3.15%	20.67%	7.36%
Tutor Perini	-3.08%	-9.56%	-2.81%

Does the media refer more to GVA or TPC?

In the previous week, Granite Construction had 18 more articles in the media than Tutor Perini. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Granite Construction and 7 mentions for Tutor Perini. Granite Construction's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Tutor Perini's score of 0.78 indicating that Granite Construction is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Granite Construction	11 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Tutor Perini	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, GVA or TPC?

Granite Construction has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tutor Perini has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Granite Construction beats Tutor Perini on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.