Granite Construction (GVA) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate ACM or GVA?

AECOM presently has a consensus target price of $120.38, indicating a potential upside of 27.09%. Granite Construction has a consensus target price of $70.00, indicating a potential downside of 11.72%. Given AECOM's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe AECOM is more favorable than Granite Construction.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AECOM	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Granite Construction	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Does the media favor ACM or GVA?

In the previous week, AECOM had 3 more articles in the media than Granite Construction. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for AECOM and 11 mentions for Granite Construction. AECOM's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Granite Construction's score of 1.23 indicating that AECOM is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AECOM	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Granite Construction	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation & earnings, ACM or GVA?

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
AECOM	$16.22B	0.77	$402.27M	$3.52	26.91
Granite Construction	$4.01B	0.86	$126.35M	$2.47	32.10

Is ACM or GVA more profitable?

Granite Construction has a net margin of 3.15% compared to AECOM's net margin of 2.93%. AECOM's return on equity of 26.84% beat Granite Construction's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AECOM	2.93%	26.84%	5.47%
Granite Construction	3.15%	20.67%	7.36%

Which has more volatility and risk, ACM or GVA?

AECOM has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Granite Construction has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ACM or GVA?

85.4% of AECOM shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of AECOM 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ACM or GVA?

AECOM received 164 more outperform votes than Granite Construction when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.80% of users gave AECOM an outperform vote while only 57.41% of users gave Granite Construction an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AECOM	Outperform Votes 532 64.80%	Underperform Votes 289 35.20%
Granite Construction	Outperform Votes 368 57.41%	Underperform Votes 273 42.59%

Is ACM or GVA a better dividend stock?

AECOM pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Granite Construction pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. AECOM pays out 29.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Granite Construction pays out 21.1% 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.

Summary

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