Ameresco (AMRC) Competitors

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

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, STRL or AMRC?

Sterling Infrastructure has higher revenue and earnings than Ameresco. Ameresco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sterling Infrastructure, 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
Sterling Infrastructure	$1.97B	2.84	$138.65M	$5.92	30.83
Ameresco	$1.37B	0.88	$62.47M	$1.00	23.05

Which has more risk and volatility, STRL or AMRC?

Sterling Infrastructure has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameresco has a beta of 1.79, suggesting that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend STRL or AMRC?

Sterling Infrastructure currently has a consensus target price of $115.00, indicating a potential downside of 36.99%. Ameresco has a consensus target price of $36.90, indicating a potential upside of 60.12%. Given Ameresco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ameresco is more favorable than Sterling Infrastructure.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sterling Infrastructure	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Ameresco	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

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

81.0% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.2% of Ameresco shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 42.0% of Ameresco shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer STRL or AMRC?

Ameresco received 132 more outperform votes than Sterling Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.59% of users gave Ameresco an outperform vote while only 56.31% of users gave Sterling Infrastructure an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sterling Infrastructure	Outperform Votes 272 56.31%	Underperform Votes 211 43.69%
Ameresco	Outperform Votes 404 68.59%	Underperform Votes 185 31.41%

Is STRL or AMRC more profitable?

Sterling Infrastructure has a net margin of 8.77% compared to Ameresco's net margin of 3.18%. Sterling Infrastructure's return on equity of 27.52% beat Ameresco's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sterling Infrastructure	8.77%	27.52%	9.76%
Ameresco	3.18%	5.68%	1.38%

Does the media prefer STRL or AMRC?

In the previous week, Sterling Infrastructure and Sterling Infrastructure both had 6 articles in the media. Sterling Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Ameresco's score of 0.77 indicating that Sterling Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sterling Infrastructure	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ameresco	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Sterling Infrastructure and Ameresco tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.