Custom Truck One Source (CTOS) Competitors

Frontdoor (NASDAQ:FTDR) and Custom Truck One Source (NYSE:CTOS) are both construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Do analysts prefer FTDR or CTOS?

Frontdoor presently has a consensus price target of $51.75, suggesting a potential downside of 9.37%. Custom Truck One Source has a consensus price target of $5.63, suggesting a potential upside of 21.62%. Given Custom Truck One Source's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Custom Truck One Source is more favorable than Frontdoor.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Frontdoor	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Custom Truck One Source	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FTDR or CTOS?

Frontdoor received 118 more outperform votes than Custom Truck One Source when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.80% of users gave Frontdoor an outperform vote while only 46.34% of users gave Custom Truck One Source an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Frontdoor	Outperform Votes 137 58.80%	Underperform Votes 96 41.20%
Custom Truck One Source	Outperform Votes 19 46.34%	Underperform Votes 22 53.66%

Which has more risk and volatility, FTDR or CTOS?

Frontdoor has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Custom Truck One Source has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor FTDR or CTOS?

In the previous week, Frontdoor had 2 more articles in the media than Custom Truck One Source. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Frontdoor and 3 mentions for Custom Truck One Source. Frontdoor's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Custom Truck One Source's score of 0.41 indicating that Frontdoor is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Frontdoor	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Custom Truck One Source	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, FTDR or CTOS?

Frontdoor has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Custom Truck One Source. Custom Truck One Source is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frontdoor, 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
Frontdoor	$1.78B	2.43	$171M	$3.02	18.91
Custom Truck One Source	$1.80B	0.60	$50.71M	-$0.16	-28.91

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FTDR or CTOS?

90.1% of Custom Truck One Source shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Frontdoor shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Custom Truck One Source shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is FTDR or CTOS more profitable?

Frontdoor has a net margin of 12.87% compared to Custom Truck One Source's net margin of -2.22%. Frontdoor's return on equity of 132.99% beat Custom Truck One Source's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Frontdoor	12.87%	132.99%	22.10%
Custom Truck One Source	-2.22%	-4.57%	-1.15%

Summary

Frontdoor beats Custom Truck One Source on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.