STRL vs. FIX, ACM, MTZ, FLR, KBR, DY, PRIM, GVA, AGX, and MYRG
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), Fluor (FLR), KBR (KBR), Dycom Industries (DY), Primoris Services (PRIM), Granite Construction (GVA), Argan (AGX), and MYR Group (MYRG). These companies are all part of the "construction & engineering" industry.
Sterling Infrastructure vs.
Comfort Systems USA (NYSE:FIX) and Sterling Infrastructure (NASDAQ:STRL) are both construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and profitability.
96.5% of Comfort Systems USA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.0% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Comfort Systems USA shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Sterling Infrastructure received 20 more outperform votes than Comfort Systems USA when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.28% of users gave Comfort Systems USA an outperform vote while only 56.31% of users gave Sterling Infrastructure an outperform vote.
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 net margin of 8.77% compared to Comfort Systems USA's net margin of 7.18%. Comfort Systems USA's return on equity of 32.74% beat Sterling Infrastructure's return on equity.
In the previous week, Comfort Systems USA had 2 more articles in the media than Sterling Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Comfort Systems USA and 8 mentions for Sterling Infrastructure. Comfort Systems USA's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Sterling Infrastructure's score of 0.85 indicating that Comfort Systems USA is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Comfort Systems USA currently has a consensus target price of $493.50, indicating a potential downside of 6.69%. Sterling Infrastructure has a consensus target price of $115.00, indicating a potential downside of 41.49%. Given Comfort Systems USA's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Comfort Systems USA is more favorable than Sterling Infrastructure.
Comfort Systems USA has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sterling Infrastructure has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Comfort Systems USA beats Sterling Infrastructure on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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