STRL vs. FIX, ACM, MTZ, KBR, FLR, DY, PRIM, GVA, MYRG, and AGX
Should you be buying Sterling Infrastructure stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sterling Infrastructure include Comfort Systems USA (FIX), AECOM (ACM), MasTec (MTZ), KBR (KBR), Fluor (FLR), Dycom Industries (DY), Primoris Services (PRIM), Granite Construction (GVA), MYR Group (MYRG), and Argan (AGX). These companies are all part of the "construction & engineering" industry.
Sterling Infrastructure vs.
Sterling Infrastructure (NASDAQ:STRL) and Comfort Systems USA (NYSE:FIX) are both construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Sterling Infrastructure has a net margin of 8.77% compared to Comfort Systems USA's net margin of 7.43%. Comfort Systems USA's return on equity of 35.28% beat Sterling Infrastructure's return on equity.
80.9% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.5% of Comfort Systems USA shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Comfort Systems USA shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Comfort Systems USA had 1 more articles in the media than Sterling Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Comfort Systems USA and 16 mentions for Sterling Infrastructure. Comfort Systems USA's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Sterling Infrastructure's score of 0.98 indicating that Comfort Systems USA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sterling Infrastructure received 19 more outperform votes than Comfort Systems USA when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.56% of users gave Comfort Systems USA an outperform vote while only 56.44% of users gave Sterling Infrastructure an outperform vote.
Sterling Infrastructure currently has a consensus target price of $185.00, suggesting a potential upside of 47.34%. Comfort Systems USA has a consensus target price of $530.75, suggesting a potential upside of 53.42%. Given Comfort Systems USA's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Comfort Systems USA is more favorable than Sterling Infrastructure.
Comfort Systems USA has higher revenue and earnings than Sterling Infrastructure. Sterling Infrastructure 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.
Sterling Infrastructure has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Comfort Systems USA has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Comfort Systems USA beats Sterling Infrastructure on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:STRL) was last updated on 3/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff