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Dycom Industries (DY) Competitors

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$177.43 +0.44 (+0.25%)
(As of 09:45 AM ET)

DY vs. FIX, ACM, MTZ, FLR, KBR, STRL, PRIM, GVA, MYRG, and AGX

Should you be buying Dycom Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dycom Industries include Comfort Systems USA (FIX), AECOM (ACM), MasTec (MTZ), Fluor (FLR), KBR (KBR), Sterling Infrastructure (STRL), Primoris Services (PRIM), Granite Construction (GVA), MYR Group (MYRG), and Argan (AGX). These companies are all part of the "construction & engineering" industry.

Dycom Industries vs.

Comfort Systems USA (NYSE:FIX) and Dycom Industries (NYSE:DY) are both construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

96.5% of Comfort Systems USA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.3% of Dycom Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Comfort Systems USA shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Dycom Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Dycom Industries received 415 more outperform votes than Comfort Systems USA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.46% of users gave Dycom Industries an outperform vote while only 65.45% of users gave Comfort Systems USA an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Comfort Systems USAOutperform Votes
252
65.45%
Underperform Votes
133
34.55%
Dycom IndustriesOutperform Votes
667
73.46%
Underperform Votes
241
26.54%

Comfort Systems USA has higher revenue and earnings than Dycom Industries. Dycom Industries 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Comfort Systems USA$6.52B2.52$323.40M$13.0735.29
Dycom Industries$4.57B1.13$218.92M$7.6023.35

Comfort Systems USA has a net margin of 7.18% compared to Dycom Industries' net margin of 4.91%. Comfort Systems USA's return on equity of 32.74% beat Dycom Industries' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Comfort Systems USA7.18% 32.74% 11.82%
Dycom Industries 4.91%20.99%8.62%

In the previous week, Dycom Industries had 8 more articles in the media than Comfort Systems USA. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Dycom Industries and 10 mentions for Comfort Systems USA. Comfort Systems USA's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Dycom Industries' score of 1.10 indicating that Comfort Systems USA is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Comfort Systems USA
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Dycom Industries
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Comfort Systems USA currently has a consensus target price of $493.50, indicating a potential upside of 7.00%. Dycom Industries has a consensus target price of $206.13, indicating a potential upside of 16.17%. Given Dycom Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Dycom Industries is more favorable than Comfort Systems USA.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Comfort Systems USA
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Dycom Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.13

Comfort Systems USA has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dycom Industries has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Dycom Industries beats Comfort Systems USA on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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DY vs. The Competition

MetricDycom IndustriesWater, sewer, & utility lines IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.18B$4.77B$9.14B$19.68B
Dividend YieldN/A0.46%1.86%3.51%
P/E Ratio23.3543.8229.0343.79
Price / Sales1.130.932.3817.84
Price / Cash13.5414.2322.2521.73
Price / Book4.203.516.385.48
Net Income$218.92M$89.89M$516.58M$987.88M
7 Day Performance-0.99%-2.90%-2.74%-2.00%
1 Month Performance-9.40%-12.96%-0.69%1.00%
1 Year Performance59.20%63.23%42.69%16.82%

Dycom Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DY
Dycom Industries
4.2818 of 5 stars
$177.43
+0.2%
$206.13
+16.2%
+56.5%$5.18B$4.57B23.3515,611Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
Positive News
FIX
Comfort Systems USA
4.5926 of 5 stars
$464.59
+0.5%
$493.50
+6.2%
+123.4%$16.54B$6.52B35.3715,800Positive News
ACM
AECOM
4.3095 of 5 stars
$111.35
-0.1%
$119.38
+7.2%
+19.6%$14.75B$16.11B37.6751,000Short Interest ↑
Positive News
MTZ
MasTec
3.7278 of 5 stars
$140.50
+2.0%
$149.00
+6.0%
+87.3%$11.13B$12.18B125.7934,000Positive News
FLR
Fluor
4.4695 of 5 stars
$54.74
+0.2%
$60.29
+10.1%
+35.8%$9.39B$15.88B36.4330,187Analyst Forecast
Positive News
KBR
KBR
4.279 of 5 stars
$58.64
+0.3%
$81.14
+38.4%
+6.6%$7.81B$7.35B24.5734,000
STRL
Sterling Infrastructure
1.6163 of 5 stars
$180.32
+0.0%
$115.00
-36.2%
+127.5%$5.54B$2.10B30.453,000Positive News
PRIM
Primoris Services
4.1312 of 5 stars
$81.16
+2.2%
$86.00
+6.0%
+145.1%$4.36B$6.14B26.6814,058
GVA
Granite Construction
1.016 of 5 stars
$94.10
+0.7%
$67.00
-28.8%
+85.4%$4.11B$3.96B42.862,100Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
MYRG
MYR Group
2.2611 of 5 stars
$167.36
+1.1%
$157.00
-6.2%
+9.5%$2.70B$3.54B72.319,000
AGX
Argan
1.6162 of 5 stars
$146.20
+2.3%
$150.00
+2.6%
+233.5%$1.98B$806.26M30.601,214Dividend Announcement
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:DY) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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