AMRC vs. DY, STRL, PRIM, GVA, MYRG, TPC, AGX, GLDD, NWPX, and MTRX
Should you be buying Ameresco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ameresco include Dycom Industries (DY), Sterling Infrastructure (STRL), Primoris Services (PRIM), Granite Construction (GVA), MYR Group (MYRG), Tutor Perini (TPC), Argan (AGX), Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD), Northwest Pipe (NWPX), and Matrix Service (MTRX). These companies are all part of the "construction & engineering" industry.
Ameresco (NYSE:AMRC) and Dycom Industries (NYSE:DY) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.
Dycom Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Ameresco. Dycom Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ameresco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dycom Industries received 262 more outperform votes than Ameresco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.44% of users gave Dycom Industries an outperform vote while only 68.87% of users gave Ameresco an outperform vote.
Ameresco has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dycom Industries has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ameresco currently has a consensus target price of $40.31, suggesting a potential upside of 10.37%. Dycom Industries has a consensus target price of $191.71, suggesting a potential upside of 6.53%. Given Ameresco's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Ameresco is more favorable than Dycom Industries.
Dycom Industries has a net margin of 5.38% compared to Ameresco's net margin of 4.17%. Dycom Industries' return on equity of 22.15% beat Ameresco's return on equity.
In the previous week, Dycom Industries had 9 more articles in the media than Ameresco. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Dycom Industries and 9 mentions for Ameresco. Ameresco's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Dycom Industries' score of 0.61 indicating that Ameresco is being referred to more favorably in the media.
99.2% of Ameresco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.3% of Dycom Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 42.0% of Ameresco shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Dycom Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Dycom Industries beats Ameresco on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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