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ROAD vs. KNF, J, APG, BLD, IESC, TMHC, IBP, ECG, GRBK, and DFH

Should you be buying Construction Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Construction Partners include Knife River (KNF), Jacobs Solutions (J), APi Group (APG), TopBuild (BLD), IES (IESC), Taylor Morrison Home (TMHC), Installed Building Products (IBP), Everus Construction Group (ECG), Green Brick Partners (GRBK), and Dream Finders Homes (DFH).

Construction Partners vs. Its Competitors

Knife River (NYSE:KNF) and Construction Partners (NASDAQ:ROAD) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.

Knife River has a net margin of 6.18% compared to Construction Partners' net margin of 2.80%. Knife River's return on equity of 12.83% beat Construction Partners' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Knife River6.18% 12.83% 6.17%
Construction Partners 2.80%11.49%3.80%

In the previous week, Knife River and Knife River both had 9 articles in the media. Construction Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Knife River's score of 0.82 indicating that Construction Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Knife River
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Construction Partners
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Knife River has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Construction Partners has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Knife River$2.90B1.63$201.68M$3.1726.32
Construction Partners$1.82B2.92$68.93M$1.1781.16

80.1% of Knife River shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Construction Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Knife River shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.4% of Construction Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Knife River currently has a consensus price target of $114.17, suggesting a potential upside of 36.86%. Construction Partners has a consensus price target of $91.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.17%. Given Knife River's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Knife River is more favorable than Construction Partners.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Knife River
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Construction Partners
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

Summary

Knife River beats Construction Partners on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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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ROAD vs. The Competition

MetricConstruction PartnersBLDG&CONST IndustryConstruction SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.65B$10.16B$9.07B$9.52B
Dividend YieldN/A1.67%2.03%4.09%
P/E Ratio81.1619.5115.1823.81
Price / Sales2.921.98108.0966.04
Price / Cash32.5214.2515.0857.96
Price / Book8.727.005.135.54
Net Income$68.93M$580.08M$620.50M$259.28M
7 Day Performance-9.94%-3.35%-2.87%-4.64%
1 Month Performance-10.52%-0.54%-0.86%4.41%
1 Year Performance67.71%7.35%103.50%17.95%

Construction Partners Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ROAD
Construction Partners
2.6424 of 5 stars
$94.96
-5.8%
$91.00
-4.2%
+60.6%$5.65B$1.82B81.164,920Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
KNF
Knife River
3.0753 of 5 stars
$80.99
+0.5%
$117.17
+44.7%
+8.6%$4.56B$2.90B25.554,761News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
J
Jacobs Solutions
3.8644 of 5 stars
$137.28
-1.0%
$151.38
+10.3%
-3.8%$16.66B$11.50B37.8245,000News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
APG
APi Group
3.3498 of 5 stars
$34.69
-0.2%
$35.81
+3.2%
+45.5%$14.44B$7.02B113.1329,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
BLD
TopBuild
3.8343 of 5 stars
$357.28
+0.2%
$387.27
+8.4%
-17.1%$10.19B$5.33B18.0713,984Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
IESC
IES
2.5343 of 5 stars
$312.79
-4.4%
N/A+142.3%$6.50B$2.88B26.179,485News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
TMHC
Taylor Morrison Home
3.0186 of 5 stars
$62.19
-0.7%
$76.88
+23.6%
-5.4%$6.29B$8.17B7.233,000
IBP
Installed Building Products
3.3043 of 5 stars
$185.46
+0.7%
$212.45
+14.6%
-12.4%$5.08B$2.94B21.1510,800Upcoming Earnings
ECG
Everus Construction Group
0.5749 of 5 stars
$68.85
-0.5%
$73.67
+7.0%
N/A$3.53B$2.85B0.008,700Gap Down
GRBK
Green Brick Partners
1.5484 of 5 stars
$63.23
-0.5%
$66.00
+4.4%
-12.5%$2.78B$2.15B8.21550News Coverage
Earnings Report
DFH
Dream Finders Homes
0.8357 of 5 stars
$25.29
-0.7%
N/AN/A$2.38B$4.45B7.631,686News Coverage
Negative News
Earnings Report

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