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$212.50 -0.53 (-0.25%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

IESC vs. J, APG, BLD, 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), APi Group (APG), TopBuild (BLD), 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 better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

IES has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jacobs Solutions has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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$2.88B1.47$201.98M$9.8921.49
Jacobs Solutions$11.50B1.46$821.09M$6.3321.45

In the previous week, IES had 6 more articles in the media than Jacobs Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for IES and 5 mentions for Jacobs Solutions. Jacobs Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat IES's score of 0.60 indicating that Jacobs Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Jacobs Solutions has a consensus price target of $156.11, indicating a potential upside of 15.00%. 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)
6 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

86.6% of IES shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.7% of Jacobs Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 59.2% of IES 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, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

IES has a net margin of 7.00% compared to Jacobs Solutions' net margin of 5.16%. IES's return on equity of 35.69% beat Jacobs Solutions' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
IES7.00% 35.69% 17.30%
Jacobs Solutions 5.16%14.82%6.45%

IES received 86 more outperform votes than Jacobs Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.24% of users gave Jacobs Solutions an outperform vote while only 64.56% of users gave IES an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
IESOutperform Votes
184
64.56%
Underperform Votes
101
35.44%
Jacobs SolutionsOutperform Votes
98
74.24%
Underperform Votes
34
25.76%

Summary

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

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IESC vs. The Competition

MetricIESElectrical work IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.24B$22.44B$25.89B$9.07B
Dividend YieldN/A0.21%2.78%4.23%
P/E Ratio21.4934.82238.1217.19
Price / Sales1.471.873,335.56116.95
Price / Cash21.8031.3435.6537.86
Price / Book6.958.928.114.78
Net Income$201.98M$475.77M$681.16M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-13.32%-6.00%0.41%-1.23%
1 Month Performance-21.43%-11.80%7.00%3.36%
1 Year Performance158.55%110.75%23.07%16.60%

IES Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IESC
IES
1.7302 of 5 stars
$212.50
-0.2%
N/A+155.6%$4.24B$2.88B21.499,485Insider Trade
High Trading Volume
J
Jacobs Solutions
3.9361 of 5 stars
$136.87
-0.1%
$155.78
+13.8%
+7.6%$16.97B$11.50B21.6445,000Analyst Forecast
Positive News
APG
APi Group
3.9511 of 5 stars
$37.64
+0.0%
$43.43
+15.4%
+9.9%$10.34B$6.92B-19.1029,000Positive News
BLD
TopBuild
4.6546 of 5 stars
$338.61
-1.6%
$439.38
+29.8%
-15.8%$9.99B$5.19B17.3714,012
TMHC
Taylor Morrison Home
4.5261 of 5 stars
$64.72
flat
$85.33
+31.9%
+13.2%$6.70B$7.42B8.562,800
IBP
Installed Building Products
4.949 of 5 stars
$196.02
-1.2%
$247.10
+26.1%
-2.1%$5.52B$2.91B22.0610,600Analyst Upgrade
ROAD
Construction Partners
3.2873 of 5 stars
$96.76
+2.0%
$69.00
-28.7%
+113.4%$5.41B$1.82B73.394,920Insider Trade
Positive News
GRBK
Green Brick Partners
2.6742 of 5 stars
$64.22
flat
$69.00
+7.4%
+11.5%$2.86B$1.98B8.34600News Coverage
Positive News
DFH
Dream Finders Homes
4.0654 of 5 stars
$28.88
+0.5%
$32.17
+11.4%
-32.3%$2.70B$4.03B9.391,236Insider Trade
News Coverage
LGIH
LGI Homes
3.3612 of 5 stars
$100.83
+1.0%
$122.33
+21.3%
-29.5%$2.37B$2.25B11.921,089Positive News
BBU
Brookfield Business Partners
4.4006 of 5 stars
$23.54
-0.6%
$31.40
+33.4%
+17.2%$1.75B$46.60B2.9272,000Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:IESC) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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