ACM vs. CLH, TTEK, APG, STN, BWXT, PWR, EME, FIX, MTZ, and KBR
Should you be buying AECOM stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AECOM include Clean Harbors (CLH), Tetra Tech (TTEK), APi Group (APG), Stantec (STN), BWX Technologies (BWXT), Quanta Services (PWR), EMCOR Group (EME), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), MasTec (MTZ), and KBR (KBR).
AECOM (NYSE:ACM) and Clean Harbors (NYSE:CLH) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation and profitability.
AECOM presently has a consensus price target of $107.25, indicating a potential upside of 22.80%. Clean Harbors has a consensus price target of $216.40, indicating a potential downside of 0.09%. Given AECOM's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe AECOM is more favorable than Clean Harbors.
AECOM has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clean Harbors has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Clean Harbors has a net margin of 6.85% compared to AECOM's net margin of -0.09%. AECOM's return on equity of 22.73% beat Clean Harbors' return on equity.
In the previous week, AECOM had 4 more articles in the media than Clean Harbors. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for AECOM and 6 mentions for Clean Harbors. Clean Harbors' average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat AECOM's score of 0.58 indicating that Clean Harbors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Clean Harbors has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AECOM. AECOM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clean Harbors, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
85.4% of AECOM shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of Clean Harbors shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of AECOM shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Clean Harbors shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Clean Harbors received 52 more outperform votes than AECOM when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.45% of users gave Clean Harbors an outperform vote while only 64.04% of users gave AECOM an outperform vote.
Summary
Clean Harbors beats AECOM on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get AECOM News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ACM and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ACM and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
Related Companies and Tools
