Sterling Infrastructure (STRL) Competitors

AECOM (NYSE:ACM) and Sterling Infrastructure (NASDAQ:STRL) are both construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Do analysts prefer ACM or STRL?

AECOM currently has a consensus price target of $119.38, indicating a potential upside of 26.64%. Sterling Infrastructure has a consensus price target of $185.00, indicating a potential upside of 36.80%. Given Sterling Infrastructure's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sterling Infrastructure is more favorable than AECOM.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AECOM	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Sterling Infrastructure	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to ACM or STRL?

In the previous week, AECOM had 5 more articles in the media than Sterling Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for AECOM and 20 mentions for Sterling Infrastructure. Sterling Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat AECOM's score of 1.02 indicating that Sterling Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AECOM	15 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sterling Infrastructure	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ACM or STRL?

AECOM received 256 more outperform votes than Sterling Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.84% of users gave AECOM an outperform vote while only 56.42% of users gave Sterling Infrastructure an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AECOM	Outperform Votes 533 64.84%	Underperform Votes 289 35.16%
Sterling Infrastructure	Outperform Votes 277 56.42%	Underperform Votes 214 43.58%

Which has more volatility and risk, ACM or STRL?

AECOM has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sterling Infrastructure has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ACM or STRL?

85.4% of AECOM shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.9% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of AECOM shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ACM or STRL?

AECOM has higher revenue and earnings than Sterling Infrastructure. Sterling Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AECOM, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AECOM	$16.22B	0.77	$402.27M	$3.52	26.78
Sterling Infrastructure	$2.12B	1.94	$138.65M	$8.28	16.33

Is ACM or STRL more profitable?

Sterling Infrastructure has a net margin of 8.77% compared to AECOM's net margin of 2.93%. Sterling Infrastructure's return on equity of 27.52% beat AECOM's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AECOM	2.93%	26.84%	5.47%
Sterling Infrastructure	8.77%	27.52%	9.76%

Summary

Sterling Infrastructure beats AECOM on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.