STRL vs. ROAD, GLDD, ORN, FIX, ACM, MTZ, KBR, FLR, DY, and PRIM
Should you be buying Sterling Infrastructure stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sterling Infrastructure include Construction Partners (ROAD), Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD), Orion Group (ORN), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), AECOM (ACM), MasTec (MTZ), KBR (KBR), Fluor (FLR), Dycom Industries (DY), and Primoris Services (PRIM). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Sterling Infrastructure (NASDAQ:STRL) and Construction Partners (NASDAQ:ROAD) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.
Sterling Infrastructure has a net margin of 7.47% compared to Construction Partners' net margin of 3.68%. Sterling Infrastructure's return on equity of 25.06% beat Construction Partners' return on equity.
Sterling Infrastructure has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Construction Partners has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
81.0% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Construction Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.8% of Construction Partners shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Construction Partners had 1 more articles in the media than Sterling Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Construction Partners and 4 mentions for Sterling Infrastructure. Construction Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Sterling Infrastructure's score of 1.10 indicating that Construction Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sterling Infrastructure presently has a consensus price target of $115.00, indicating a potential downside of 6.41%. Construction Partners has a consensus price target of $54.00, indicating a potential downside of 7.23%. Given Sterling Infrastructure's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Sterling Infrastructure is more favorable than Construction Partners.
Sterling Infrastructure has higher revenue and earnings than Construction Partners. Sterling Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Construction Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sterling Infrastructure received 100 more outperform votes than Construction Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.09% of users gave Construction Partners an outperform vote while only 56.39% of users gave Sterling Infrastructure an outperform vote.
Summary
Construction Partners beats Sterling Infrastructure on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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