BLD vs. AMRC, BBU, AGX, LMB, BBCP, MTRX, SMXT, WLGS, CSCW, and DHI
Should you be buying TopBuild stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TopBuild include Ameresco (AMRC), Brookfield Business Partners (BBU), Argan (AGX), Limbach (LMB), Concrete Pumping (BBCP), Matrix Service (MTRX), SolarMax Technology (SMXT), WANG & LEE GROUP (WLGS), Color Star Technology (CSCW), and D.R. Horton (DHI).
TopBuild (NYSE:BLD) and Ameresco (NYSE:AMRC) are both construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.
TopBuild has a net margin of 12.11% compared to Ameresco's net margin of 4.17%. TopBuild's return on equity of 25.87% beat Ameresco's return on equity.
TopBuild currently has a consensus target price of $420.90, suggesting a potential upside of 0.71%. Ameresco has a consensus target price of $40.31, suggesting a potential upside of 10.37%. Given Ameresco's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ameresco is more favorable than TopBuild.
TopBuild has higher revenue and earnings than Ameresco. TopBuild is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ameresco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
95.7% of TopBuild shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.2% of Ameresco shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of TopBuild shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 42.0% of Ameresco shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
TopBuild received 55 more outperform votes than Ameresco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.17% of users gave TopBuild an outperform vote while only 68.87% of users gave Ameresco an outperform vote.
TopBuild has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameresco has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Ameresco had 4 more articles in the media than TopBuild. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Ameresco and 5 mentions for TopBuild. TopBuild's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Ameresco's score of 0.65 indicating that TopBuild is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
TopBuild beats Ameresco on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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