Granite Construction (GVA) Competitors

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

Which has better valuation & earnings, GVA or ACM?

AECOM has higher revenue and earnings than Granite Construction. AECOM 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
Granite Construction	$3.96B	1.01	$43.60M	$2.18	42.12
AECOM	$16.11B	0.91	$402.27M	$2.96	37.29

Is GVA or ACM more profitable?

Granite Construction has a net margin of 2.80% compared to AECOM's net margin of 2.50%. AECOM's return on equity of 25.46% beat Granite Construction's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Granite Construction	2.80%	19.04%	6.82%
AECOM	2.50%	25.46%	5.26%

Which has more risk & volatility, GVA or ACM?

Granite Construction has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AECOM has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in GVA or ACM?

85.4% of AECOM shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Granite Construction shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of AECOM shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is GVA or ACM a better dividend stock?

Granite Construction pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. AECOM pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Granite Construction pays out 23.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AECOM pays out 35.1% 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.

Do analysts prefer GVA or ACM?

Granite Construction presently has a consensus price target of $67.00, indicating a potential downside of 27.04%. AECOM has a consensus price target of $119.38, indicating a potential upside of 8.15%. Given AECOM's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AECOM is more favorable than Granite Construction.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Granite Construction	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
AECOM	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GVA or ACM?

AECOM received 160 more outperform votes than Granite Construction when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.63% of users gave AECOM an outperform vote while only 57.41% of users gave Granite Construction an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Granite Construction	Outperform Votes 368 57.41%	Underperform Votes 273 42.59%
AECOM	Outperform Votes 528 64.63%	Underperform Votes 289 35.37%

Does the media prefer GVA or ACM?

In the previous week, AECOM had 2 more articles in the media than Granite Construction. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for AECOM and 8 mentions for Granite Construction. AECOM's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Granite Construction's score of 0.81 indicating that AECOM is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Granite Construction	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AECOM	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

AECOM beats Granite Construction on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.