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$132.45 -1.07 (-0.80%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

J vs. FER, BLD, APG, TMHC, IBP, IESC, ROAD, GRBK, DFH, and LGIH

Should you be buying Jacobs Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Jacobs Solutions include Ferrovial (FER), TopBuild (BLD), APi Group (APG), Taylor Morrison Home (TMHC), Installed Building Products (IBP), IES (IESC), Construction Partners (ROAD), Green Brick Partners (GRBK), Dream Finders Homes (DFH), and LGI Homes (LGIH). These companies are all part of the "construction" industry.

Jacobs Solutions vs.

Ferrovial (NASDAQ:FER) and Jacobs Solutions (NYSE:J) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.

Jacobs Solutions received 94 more outperform votes than Ferrovial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.40% of users gave Jacobs Solutions an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Ferrovial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
FerrovialOutperform Votes
1
50.00%
Underperform Votes
1
50.00%
Jacobs SolutionsOutperform Votes
95
75.40%
Underperform Votes
31
24.60%

Ferrovial currently has a consensus target price of $48.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.74%. Jacobs Solutions has a consensus target price of $158.56, suggesting a potential upside of 19.71%. Given Ferrovial's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Ferrovial is more favorable than Jacobs Solutions.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ferrovial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Jacobs Solutions
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.55

Jacobs Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Ferrovial.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ferrovial$8.84B3.25N/AN/AN/A
Jacobs Solutions$16.35B1.01$665.78M$5.0626.18

Jacobs Solutions has a net margin of 3.72% compared to Ferrovial's net margin of 0.00%. Jacobs Solutions' return on equity of 14.76% beat Ferrovial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
FerrovialN/A N/A N/A
Jacobs Solutions 3.72%14.76%6.62%

In the previous week, Jacobs Solutions had 25 more articles in the media than Ferrovial. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Jacobs Solutions and 9 mentions for Ferrovial. Ferrovial's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Jacobs Solutions' score of 0.57 indicating that Ferrovial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ferrovial
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Jacobs Solutions
14 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

85.7% of Jacobs Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Jacobs Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Jacobs Solutions beats Ferrovial on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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J vs. The Competition

MetricJacobs SolutionsHeavy construction, except building construction IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$16.46B$16.92B$6.91B$19.88B
Dividend Yield0.83%1.31%2.90%3.52%
P/E Ratio26.1821.0746.2142.95
Price / Sales1.011.22205.5019.18
Price / Cash14.4115.9424.2917.86
Price / Book2.533.455.085.52
Net Income$665.78M$801.52M$121.42M$986.45M
7 Day Performance-5.80%0.67%0.18%0.45%
1 Month Performance-7.71%1.23%8.42%1.05%
1 Year Performance5.91%46.82%30.65%24.67%

Jacobs Solutions Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
J
Jacobs Solutions
4.2585 of 5 stars
$132.45
-0.8%
$158.56
+19.7%
-3.3%$16.59B$11.50B20.9260,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
FER
Ferrovial
1.894 of 5 stars
$38.79
-1.0%
$48.00
+23.7%
N/A$29.01B$8.84B0.0024,799
BLD
TopBuild
4.7977 of 5 stars
$351.05
+0.3%
$440.44
+25.5%
+17.9%$10.36B$5.19B17.7114,012Positive News
APG
APi Group
2.817 of 5 stars
$36.00
+0.7%
$44.00
+22.2%
+21.4%$9.82B$6.93B0.0029,000
TMHC
Taylor Morrison Home
4.2407 of 5 stars
$69.30
-0.3%
$77.33
+11.6%
+52.9%$7.19B$7.42B9.172,800Positive News
IBP
Installed Building Products
4.3961 of 5 stars
$208.53
+0.8%
$252.30
+21.0%
+41.8%$5.87B$2.91B23.1710,600Short Interest ↓
IESC
IES
3.1407 of 5 stars
$265.60
-7.0%
N/A+293.7%$5.31B$2.38B31.288,427Short Interest ↓
Positive News
ROAD
Construction Partners
3.3374 of 5 stars
$91.31
-1.8%
$69.00
-24.4%
+115.4%$4.91B$1.56B67.644,014
GRBK
Green Brick Partners
1.5156 of 5 stars
$68.70
-0.3%
$69.00
+0.4%
+44.4%$3.07B$1.98B8.92600Positive News
DFH
Dream Finders Homes
3.3803 of 5 stars
$28.01
+2.3%
$32.17
+14.8%
+14.3%$2.62B$3.75B9.151,236
LGIH
LGI Homes
2.6142 of 5 stars
$101.79
+0.6%
$126.00
+23.8%
-16.0%$2.38B$2.36B12.211,089

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This page (NYSE:J) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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