FIX vs. PWR, EME, ACM, MTZ, FLR, KBR, DY, STRL, PRIM, and GVA
Should you be buying Comfort Systems USA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Comfort Systems USA include Quanta Services (PWR), EMCOR Group (EME), AECOM (ACM), MasTec (MTZ), Fluor (FLR), KBR (KBR), Dycom Industries (DY), Sterling Infrastructure (STRL), Primoris Services (PRIM), and Granite Construction (GVA). These companies are all part of the "construction & engineering" industry.
Comfort Systems USA vs.
Comfort Systems USA (NYSE:FIX) and Quanta Services (NYSE:PWR) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.
Comfort Systems USA currently has a consensus price target of $506.75, indicating a potential upside of 39.69%. Quanta Services has a consensus price target of $331.53, indicating a potential upside of 22.91%. Given Comfort Systems USA's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Comfort Systems USA is more favorable than Quanta Services.
96.5% of Comfort Systems USA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.5% of Quanta Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Comfort Systems USA shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Quanta Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Quanta Services has higher revenue and earnings than Comfort Systems USA. Comfort Systems USA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quanta Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Comfort Systems USA pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Quanta Services pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Comfort Systems USA pays out 10.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Quanta Services pays out 7.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Comfort Systems USA has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Comfort Systems USA is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Quanta Services had 21 more articles in the media than Comfort Systems USA. MarketBeat recorded 53 mentions for Quanta Services and 32 mentions for Comfort Systems USA. Quanta Services' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Comfort Systems USA's score of 1.24 indicating that Quanta Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Comfort Systems USA has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quanta Services has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Comfort Systems USA has a net margin of 7.18% compared to Quanta Services' net margin of 3.54%. Comfort Systems USA's return on equity of 32.74% beat Quanta Services' return on equity.
Quanta Services received 334 more outperform votes than Comfort Systems USA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.74% of users gave Quanta Services an outperform vote while only 65.55% of users gave Comfort Systems USA an outperform vote.
Summary
Comfort Systems USA beats Quanta Services on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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