MTZ vs. DY, PRIM, KBR, EXP, AYI, TREX, ALTR, UFPI, SSD, and SUM
Should you be buying MasTec stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MasTec include Dycom Industries (DY), Primoris Services (PRIM), KBR (KBR), Eagle Materials (EXP), Acuity Brands (AYI), Trex (TREX), Altair Engineering (ALTR), UFP Industries (UFPI), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), and Summit Materials (SUM). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Dycom Industries (NYSE:DY) and MasTec (NYSE:MTZ) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, earnings, community ranking, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
98.3% of Dycom Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.1% of MasTec shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Dycom Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.3% of MasTec shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Dycom Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue than MasTec. MasTec is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dycom Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Dycom Industries had 8 more articles in the media than MasTec. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Dycom Industries and 12 mentions for MasTec. Dycom Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat MasTec's score of 0.74 indicating that MasTec is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MasTec received 55 more outperform votes than Dycom Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.50% of users gave MasTec an outperform vote while only 73.44% of users gave Dycom Industries an outperform vote.
Dycom Industries has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MasTec has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dycom Industries currently has a consensus price target of $191.71, indicating a potential upside of 7.39%. MasTec has a consensus price target of $116.23, indicating a potential upside of 7.30%. Given MasTec's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Dycom Industries is more favorable than MasTec.
Dycom Industries has a net margin of 5.38% compared to Dycom Industries' net margin of -0.09%. MasTec's return on equity of 22.15% beat Dycom Industries' return on equity.
Summary
Dycom Industries beats MasTec on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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