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.
Dycom Industries (NYSE:DY) and Comfort Systems USA (NYSE:FIX) are both construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Dycom Industries received 416 more outperform votes than Comfort Systems USA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.49% of users gave Dycom Industries an outperform vote while only 65.28% of users gave Comfort Systems USA an outperform vote.
Dycom Industries currently has a consensus price target of $206.38, suggesting a potential upside of 8.31%. Comfort Systems USA has a consensus price target of $493.50, suggesting a potential downside of 2.20%. Given Dycom Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Dycom Industries is more favorable than Comfort Systems USA.
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.
98.3% of Dycom Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.5% of Comfort Systems USA shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of Dycom Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Comfort Systems USA shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Dycom Industries has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Comfort Systems USA has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Dycom Industries had 4 more articles in the media than Comfort Systems USA. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Dycom Industries and 3 mentions for Comfort Systems USA. Dycom Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Comfort Systems USA's score of 0.66 indicating that Dycom Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Dycom Industries beats Comfort Systems USA on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:DY) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
