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$265.60 -19.91 (-6.97%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

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

Should you be buying IES stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IES include Jacobs Solutions (J), 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), and Brookfield Business Partners (BBU). These companies are all part of the "construction" industry.

IES vs.

IES (NASDAQ:IESC) and Jacobs Solutions (NYSE:J) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

Jacobs Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than IES. Jacobs Solutions 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
IES$2.38B2.23$92.59M$8.4931.28
Jacobs Solutions$16.35B1.01$665.78M$5.0626.18

IES has a net margin of 6.30% compared to Jacobs Solutions' net margin of 3.72%. IES's return on equity of 34.38% beat Jacobs Solutions' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
IES6.30% 34.38% 16.39%
Jacobs Solutions 3.72%14.76%6.62%

IES received 88 more outperform votes than Jacobs Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.40% of users gave Jacobs Solutions an outperform vote while only 64.44% of users gave IES an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
IESOutperform Votes
183
64.44%
Underperform Votes
101
35.56%
Jacobs SolutionsOutperform Votes
95
75.40%
Underperform Votes
31
24.60%

IES has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jacobs Solutions has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Jacobs Solutions had 27 more articles in the media than IES. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Jacobs Solutions and 6 mentions for IES. IES's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Jacobs Solutions' score of 0.57 indicating that IES is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
IES
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Jacobs Solutions
14 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

86.6% of IES shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.7% of Jacobs Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 59.2% of IES shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Jacobs Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Jacobs Solutions has a consensus target price of $157.70, suggesting a potential upside of 19.06%. Given Jacobs Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Jacobs Solutions is more favorable than IES.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
IES
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Jacobs Solutions
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58

Summary

IES beats Jacobs Solutions on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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IESC vs. The Competition

MetricIESElectrical work IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.31B$23.68B$23.96B$8.82B
Dividend YieldN/A0.21%2.79%4.07%
P/E Ratio31.2838.77257.8117.74
Price / Sales2.232.323,491.2574.25
Price / Cash41.3935.5832.8532.53
Price / Book11.9210.687.384.68
Net Income$92.59M$448.42M$665.43M$226.08M
7 Day Performance-0.29%2.81%-0.42%-2.03%
1 Month Performance16.05%12.40%0.53%0.07%
1 Year Performance293.69%165.23%17.54%24.61%

IES Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IESC
IES
3.1407 of 5 stars
$265.60
-7.0%
N/A+293.7%$5.31B$2.38B31.288,427Short Interest ↓
Positive News
J
Jacobs Solutions
4.2585 of 5 stars
$132.45
-0.8%
$158.56
+19.7%
-3.3%$16.46B$16.35B26.1860,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
BLD
TopBuild
4.7977 of 5 stars
$351.05
+0.3%
$440.44
+25.5%
+17.9%$10.36B$5.19B17.7114,012Positive News
APG
APi Group
2.8208 of 5 stars
$36.00
+0.7%
$44.00
+22.2%
+21.4%$9.89B$6.93B-18.2729,000
TMHC
Taylor Morrison Home
4.2407 of 5 stars
$69.30
-0.3%
$77.33
+11.6%
+52.9%$7.19B$7.42B9.172,800Positive News
IBP
Installed Building Products
4.3961 of 5 stars
$208.53
+0.8%
$252.30
+21.0%
+41.8%$5.87B$2.91B23.1710,600Short Interest ↓
ROAD
Construction Partners
3.3374 of 5 stars
$91.31
-1.8%
$69.00
-24.4%
+115.4%$4.91B$1.56B67.644,014
GRBK
Green Brick Partners
1.5156 of 5 stars
$68.70
-0.3%
$69.00
+0.4%
+44.4%$3.07B$1.98B8.92600Positive News
DFH
Dream Finders Homes
3.3803 of 5 stars
$28.01
+2.3%
$32.17
+14.8%
+14.3%$2.62B$3.75B9.151,236
LGIH
LGI Homes
2.6142 of 5 stars
$101.79
+0.6%
$126.00
+23.8%
-16.0%$2.39B$2.36B12.211,089
BBU
Brookfield Business Partners
4.0214 of 5 stars
$23.56
-2.5%
$31.40
+33.3%
+51.6%$1.75B$55.07B2.9172,000Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:IESC) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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