Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima (LOMA) Competitors

Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:LOMA) and Arcosa (NYSE:ACA) are both construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in LOMA or ACA?

19.3% of Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.7% of Arcosa shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Arcosa shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer LOMA or ACA?

Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima presently has a consensus target price of $6.55, suggesting a potential downside of 41.03%. Arcosa has a consensus target price of $105.50, suggesting a potential upside of 28.84%. Given Arcosa's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Arcosa is more favorable than Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50
Arcosa	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is LOMA or ACA more profitable?

Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima has a net margin of 9.42% compared to Arcosa's net margin of 5.17%. Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima's return on equity of 8.60% beat Arcosa's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima	9.42%	8.60%	4.35%
Arcosa	5.17%	6.64%	4.11%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LOMA or ACA?

Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima received 164 more outperform votes than Arcosa when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.18% of users gave Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima an outperform vote while only 55.48% of users gave Arcosa an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima	Outperform Votes 245 62.18%	Underperform Votes 149 37.82%
Arcosa	Outperform Votes 81 55.48%	Underperform Votes 65 44.52%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, LOMA or ACA?

Arcosa has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima. Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arcosa, 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
Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima	$699.18B	0.00	$39.16M	$1.19	9.33
Arcosa	$2.57B	1.55	$159.20M	$1.91	42.87

Is LOMA or ACA a better dividend stock?

Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima pays an annual dividend of $0.39 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Arcosa pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima pays out 32.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Arcosa pays out 10.5% 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.

Does the media prefer LOMA or ACA?

In the previous week, Arcosa had 7 more articles in the media than Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Arcosa and 3 mentions for Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima. Arcosa's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima's score of 0.79 indicating that Arcosa is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Arcosa	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, LOMA or ACA?

Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arcosa has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Arcosa beats Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.