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IES (IESC) Competitors

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$232.63
+13.96 (+6.38%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

IESC vs. BLD, APG, TMHC, IBP, ROAD, GRBK, DFH, LGIH, BBU, and LMB

Should you be buying IES stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IES include TopBuild (BLD), APi Group (APG), Taylor Morrison Home (TMHC), Installed Building Products (IBP), Construction Partners (ROAD), Green Brick Partners (GRBK), Dream Finders Homes (DFH), LGI Homes (LGIH), Brookfield Business Partners (BBU), and Limbach (LMB). These companies are all part of the "construction" industry.

IES vs.

TopBuild (NYSE:BLD) and IES (NASDAQ:IESC) are both construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and profitability.

In the previous week, TopBuild had 10 more articles in the media than IES. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for TopBuild and 5 mentions for IES. IES's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat TopBuild's score of 0.30 indicating that IES is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
TopBuild
6 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
IES
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

TopBuild received 277 more outperform votes than IES when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.97% of users gave TopBuild an outperform vote while only 64.66% of users gave IES an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
TopBuildOutperform Votes
460
68.97%
Underperform Votes
207
31.03%
IESOutperform Votes
183
64.66%
Underperform Votes
100
35.34%

TopBuild has a beta of 1.77, meaning that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IES has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

TopBuild has higher revenue and earnings than IES. TopBuild is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IES, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
TopBuild$5.26B2.03$614.25M$19.4418.21
IES$2.76B1.69$92.59M$8.4927.40

TopBuild has a net margin of 11.74% compared to IES's net margin of 6.30%. IES's return on equity of 34.38% beat TopBuild's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
TopBuild11.74% 25.72% 12.67%
IES 6.30%34.38%16.39%

TopBuild currently has a consensus price target of $446.89, indicating a potential upside of 26.26%. Given TopBuild's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe TopBuild is more favorable than IES.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
TopBuild
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
IES
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

95.7% of TopBuild shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of IES shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of TopBuild shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 59.2% of IES shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

TopBuild beats IES on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ 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.
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IESC vs. The Competition

MetricIESElectrical work IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.65B$21.12B$23.93B$8.53B
Dividend YieldN/A0.22%2.74%4.14%
P/E Ratio27.4035.16250.4015.14
Price / Sales1.692.053,721.80100.10
Price / Cash34.8831.4032.0434.08
Price / Book10.448.726.985.02
Net Income$92.59M$448.42M$670.43M$225.46M
7 Day Performance11.85%5.49%-0.32%0.37%
1 Month Performance16.27%5.46%0.65%3.57%
1 Year Performance271.49%143.13%20.33%29.43%

IES Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IESC
IES
2.7227 of 5 stars
$232.63
+6.4%
N/A+274.4%$4.65B$2.76B27.408,427Positive News
BLD
TopBuild
4.7247 of 5 stars
$356.05
-3.9%
$446.89
+25.5%
+45.3%$11.33B$5.26B18.3214,012Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
APG
APi Group
3.2813 of 5 stars
$33.95
+3.3%
$43.86
+29.2%
+37.1%$9.33B$6.87B-16.5629,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
TMHC
Taylor Morrison Home
4.2046 of 5 stars
$69.79
-0.1%
$77.33
+10.8%
+72.2%$7.38B$7.83B9.232,800Analyst Forecast
Insider Selling
IBP
Installed Building Products
4.0724 of 5 stars
$215.33
-8.3%
$254.40
+18.1%
+88.4%$6.13B$2.86B24.0310,600Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
ROAD
Construction Partners
3.146 of 5 stars
$80.08
+0.9%
$69.00
-13.8%
+98.9%$4.19B$1.76B59.324,014
GRBK
Green Brick Partners
1.2357 of 5 stars
$75.47
-1.5%
$69.00
-8.6%
+64.9%$3.39B$1.88B10.37600Earnings Report
News Coverage
DFH
Dream Finders Homes
2.3631 of 5 stars
$31.39
-2.5%
$32.17
+2.5%
+52.0%$2.94B$3.92B10.091,236Earnings Report
News Coverage
Gap Up
LGIH
LGI Homes
2.6364 of 5 stars
$102.31
-2.2%
$126.00
+23.2%
+2.5%$2.41B$2.22B12.431,089Upcoming Earnings
BBU
Brookfield Business Partners
4.7052 of 5 stars
$21.63
+0.5%
$31.40
+45.2%
+71.2%$1.61B$51.77B3.3272,000Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
LMB
Limbach
2.802 of 5 stars
$78.78
+1.9%
N/A+154.3%$881.00M$511.67M35.971,400Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:IESC) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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