Granite Construction (GVA) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate FIX or GVA?

Comfort Systems USA presently has a consensus price target of $376.00, suggesting a potential downside of 15.51%. Granite Construction has a consensus price target of $67.00, suggesting a potential downside of 29.92%. Given Comfort Systems USA's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Comfort Systems USA is more favorable than Granite Construction.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Comfort Systems USA	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Granite Construction	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more volatility & risk, FIX or GVA?

Comfort Systems USA has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Granite Construction has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FIX or GVA more profitable?

Comfort Systems USA has a net margin of 7.18% compared to Granite Construction's net margin of 2.80%. Comfort Systems USA's return on equity of 32.74% beat Granite Construction's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Comfort Systems USA	7.18%	32.74%	11.82%
Granite Construction	2.80%	19.04%	6.82%

Does the media refer more to FIX or GVA?

In the previous week, Comfort Systems USA had 15 more articles in the media than Granite Construction. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Comfort Systems USA and 12 mentions for Granite Construction. Comfort Systems USA's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Granite Construction's score of 0.36 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	21 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Granite Construction	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, FIX or GVA?

Comfort Systems USA has higher revenue and earnings than Granite Construction. Comfort Systems USA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Granite Construction, 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
Comfort Systems USA	$5.21B	3.04	$323.40M	$13.07	34.05
Granite Construction	$3.51B	1.19	$43.60M	$2.18	43.86

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of FIX or GVA?

96.5% of Comfort Systems USA shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Comfort Systems USA shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Granite Construction shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FIX or GVA?

Granite Construction received 119 more outperform votes than Comfort Systems USA when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.18% of users gave Comfort Systems USA an outperform vote while only 57.41% of users gave Granite Construction an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Comfort Systems USA	Outperform Votes 249 65.18%	Underperform Votes 133 34.82%
Granite Construction	Outperform Votes 368 57.41%	Underperform Votes 273 42.59%

Is FIX or GVA a better dividend stock?

Comfort Systems USA pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Granite Construction pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Comfort Systems USA pays out 10.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Granite Construction pays out 23.9% 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 raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years.

Summary

Comfort Systems USA beats Granite Construction on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.