ABM vs. FTDR, ROAD, DOOR, DFH, GVA, CCS, UNF, CVCO, PRIM, and PATK
Should you be buying ABM Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ABM Industries include Frontdoor (FTDR), Construction Partners (ROAD), Masonite International (DOOR), Dream Finders Homes (DFH), Granite Construction (GVA), Century Communities (CCS), UniFirst (UNF), Cavco Industries (CVCO), Primoris Services (PRIM), and Patrick Industries (PATK).
ABM Industries (NYSE:ABM) and Frontdoor (NASDAQ:FTDR) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
ABM Industries received 188 more outperform votes than Frontdoor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.38% of users gave ABM Industries an outperform vote while only 58.41% of users gave Frontdoor an outperform vote.
ABM Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Frontdoor. ABM Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frontdoor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ABM Industries has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frontdoor has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
ABM Industries presently has a consensus price target of $45.20, indicating a potential downside of 4.03%. Frontdoor has a consensus price target of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.39%. Given Frontdoor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Frontdoor is more favorable than ABM Industries.
Frontdoor has a net margin of 10.27% compared to ABM Industries' net margin of 3.15%. Frontdoor's return on equity of 132.00% beat ABM Industries' return on equity.
91.6% of ABM Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of ABM Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Frontdoor shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, ABM Industries and ABM Industries both had 8 articles in the media. Frontdoor's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat ABM Industries' score of 0.85 indicating that Frontdoor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Frontdoor beats ABM Industries on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ABM and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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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