GVA vs. STRL, FLR, KBR, ROAD, FTDR, DFH, ABM, DOOR, CCS, and PRIM
Should you be buying Granite Construction stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Granite Construction include Sterling Infrastructure (STRL), Fluor (FLR), KBR (KBR), Construction Partners (ROAD), Frontdoor (FTDR), Dream Finders Homes (DFH), ABM Industries (ABM), Masonite International (DOOR), Century Communities (CCS), and Primoris Services (PRIM). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Granite Construction (NYSE:GVA) and Sterling Infrastructure (NASDAQ:STRL) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Sterling Infrastructure had 8 more articles in the media than Granite Construction. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Sterling Infrastructure and 6 mentions for Granite Construction. Granite Construction's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Sterling Infrastructure's score of 0.79 indicating that Granite Construction is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sterling Infrastructure has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Granite Construction. Sterling Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Granite Construction, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sterling Infrastructure has a net margin of 7.47% compared to Granite Construction's net margin of 0.98%. Sterling Infrastructure's return on equity of 25.06% beat Granite Construction's return on equity.
Granite Construction has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sterling Infrastructure has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
81.0% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Granite Construction shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Granite Construction currently has a consensus target price of $57.00, indicating a potential downside of 8.37%. Sterling Infrastructure has a consensus target price of $115.00, indicating a potential downside of 10.76%. Given Granite Construction's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Granite Construction is more favorable than Sterling Infrastructure.
Granite Construction received 99 more outperform votes than Sterling Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.59% of users gave Granite Construction an outperform vote while only 56.39% of users gave Sterling Infrastructure an outperform vote.
Summary
Sterling Infrastructure beats Granite Construction on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GVA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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