ACM vs. FIX, FND, TOL, BLD, CLH, WMS, CX, TTEK, RPM, and APG
Should you be buying AECOM stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AECOM include Comfort Systems USA (FIX), Floor & Decor (FND), Toll Brothers (TOL), TopBuild (BLD), Clean Harbors (CLH), Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS), CEMEX (CX), Tetra Tech (TTEK), RPM International (RPM), and APi Group (APG).
AECOM (NYSE:ACM) and Comfort Systems USA (NYSE:FIX) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, earnings and analyst recommendations.
AECOM has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Comfort Systems USA has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
AECOM received 264 more outperform votes than Comfort Systems USA when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.25% of users gave Comfort Systems USA an outperform vote while only 63.99% of users gave AECOM an outperform vote.
Comfort Systems USA has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AECOM. AECOM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Comfort Systems USA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AECOM currently has a consensus price target of $107.43, indicating a potential upside of 19.87%. Comfort Systems USA has a consensus price target of $302.00, indicating a potential downside of 4.50%. Given AECOM's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe AECOM is more favorable than Comfort Systems USA.
AECOM pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Comfort Systems USA pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. AECOM pays out -977.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Comfort Systems USA pays out 11.9% 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. AECOM is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Comfort Systems USA had 2 more articles in the media than AECOM. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Comfort Systems USA and 13 mentions for AECOM. Comfort Systems USA's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat AECOM's score of 0.99 indicating that Comfort Systems USA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
85.4% of AECOM shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.5% of Comfort Systems USA shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of AECOM shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Comfort Systems USA shares are owned 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.
Comfort Systems USA has a net margin of 6.51% compared to AECOM's net margin of -0.09%. Comfort Systems USA's return on equity of 28.65% beat AECOM's return on equity.
Summary
Comfort Systems USA beats AECOM on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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