FIX vs. PWR, EME, ACM, MTZ, KBR, FLR, DY, STRL, PRIM, and GVA
Should you be buying Comfort Systems USA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Comfort Systems USA include Quanta Services (PWR), EMCOR Group (EME), AECOM (ACM), MasTec (MTZ), KBR (KBR), Fluor (FLR), Dycom Industries (DY), Sterling Infrastructure (STRL), Primoris Services (PRIM), and Granite Construction (GVA). These companies are all part of the "construction & engineering" industry.
Quanta Services (NYSE:PWR) and Comfort Systems USA (NYSE:FIX) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking and profitability.
Quanta Services received 318 more outperform votes than Comfort Systems USA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.21% of users gave Quanta Services an outperform vote while only 65.08% of users gave Comfort Systems USA an outperform vote.
Quanta Services has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Comfort Systems USA has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Quanta Services had 3 more articles in the media than Comfort Systems USA. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Quanta Services and 12 mentions for Comfort Systems USA. Comfort Systems USA's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Quanta Services' score of 0.82 indicating that Quanta Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Quanta Services pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Comfort Systems USA pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Quanta Services pays out 7.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Comfort Systems USA pays out 11.9% 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. Quanta Services has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Comfort Systems USA has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Comfort Systems USA is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Quanta Services has higher revenue and earnings than Comfort Systems USA. Comfort Systems USA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quanta Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Quanta Services currently has a consensus target price of $268.85, indicating a potential downside of 2.57%. Comfort Systems USA has a consensus target price of $302.00, indicating a potential downside of 7.74%. Given Comfort Systems USA's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Quanta Services is more favorable than Comfort Systems USA.
Comfort Systems USA has a net margin of 6.51% compared to Comfort Systems USA's net margin of 3.57%. Quanta Services' return on equity of 28.65% beat Comfort Systems USA's return on equity.
90.5% of Quanta Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.5% of Comfort Systems USA shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Quanta Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Comfort Systems USA shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Quanta Services beats Comfort Systems USA on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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