J vs. KBR, FLR, STRL, ROAD, GVA, GLDD, ORN, SLND, SHIM, and MRVL
Should you be buying Jacobs Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Jacobs Solutions include KBR (KBR), Fluor (FLR), Sterling Infrastructure (STRL), Construction Partners (ROAD), Granite Construction (GVA), Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD), Orion Group (ORN), Southland (SLND), Shimmick (SHIM), and Marvell Technology (MRVL).
KBR (NYSE:KBR) and Jacobs Solutions (NYSE:J) are both construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.
KBR presently has a consensus target price of $76.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.75%. Jacobs Solutions has a consensus target price of $156.82, indicating a potential upside of 12.54%. Given Jacobs Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe KBR is more favorable than Jacobs Solutions.
KBR pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Jacobs Solutions pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. KBR pays out -31.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Jacobs Solutions pays out 22.4% 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. KBR has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Jacobs Solutions has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. KBR is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Jacobs Solutions had 9 more articles in the media than KBR. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Jacobs Solutions and 4 mentions for KBR. KBR's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Jacobs Solutions' score of 0.29 indicating that Jacobs Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Jacobs Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than KBR. KBR is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Jacobs Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Jacobs Solutions has a net margin of 3.83% compared to Jacobs Solutions' net margin of -3.65%. Jacobs Solutions' return on equity of 26.14% beat KBR's return on equity.
KBR has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jacobs Solutions has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
KBR received 465 more outperform votes than Jacobs Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.58% of users gave Jacobs Solutions an outperform vote while only 66.30% of users gave KBR an outperform vote.
97.0% of KBR shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.7% of Jacobs Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of KBR shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Jacobs Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
KBR beats Jacobs Solutions on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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