Tutor Perini (TPC) Competitors

Sterling Infrastructure (NASDAQ:STRL) and Tutor Perini (NYSE:TPC) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.

Which has better earnings and valuation, STRL or TPC?

Sterling Infrastructure has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Tutor Perini. Tutor Perini is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sterling Infrastructure, 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
Sterling Infrastructure	$2.12B	4.13	$257.46M	$9.20	31.21
Tutor Perini	$123.98B	0.03	-$163.72M	-$2.52	-23.32

Which has more volatility and risk, STRL or TPC?

Sterling Infrastructure has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tutor Perini has a beta of 1.83, meaning that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in STRL or TPC?

81.0% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.0% of Tutor Perini shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.3% of Tutor Perini shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is STRL or TPC more profitable?

Sterling Infrastructure has a net margin of 13.33% compared to Tutor Perini's net margin of -2.77%. Sterling Infrastructure's return on equity of 27.93% beat Tutor Perini's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sterling Infrastructure	13.33%	27.93%	11.18%
Tutor Perini	-2.77%	-6.41%	-1.72%

Do analysts recommend STRL or TPC?

Sterling Infrastructure presently has a consensus price target of $355.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.63%. Tutor Perini has a consensus price target of $60.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.08%. Given Sterling Infrastructure's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Sterling Infrastructure is more favorable than Tutor Perini.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sterling Infrastructure	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Tutor Perini	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25

Does the media prefer STRL or TPC?

In the previous week, Sterling Infrastructure had 5 more articles in the media than Tutor Perini. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Sterling Infrastructure and 13 mentions for Tutor Perini. Tutor Perini's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Sterling Infrastructure's score of 1.28 indicating that Tutor Perini is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sterling Infrastructure	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Tutor Perini	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Sterling Infrastructure beats Tutor Perini on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.