KBR vs. FLR, STRL, GVA, ROAD, MTZ, TREX, EXP, AYI, ALTR, and UFPI
Should you be buying KBR stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KBR include Fluor (FLR), Sterling Infrastructure (STRL), Granite Construction (GVA), Construction Partners (ROAD), MasTec (MTZ), Trex (TREX), Eagle Materials (EXP), Acuity Brands (AYI), Altair Engineering (ALTR), and UFP Industries (UFPI). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Fluor (NYSE:FLR) and KBR (NYSE:KBR) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, dividends and risk.
Fluor has higher revenue and earnings than KBR. KBR is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fluor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, KBR had 9 more articles in the media than Fluor. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for KBR and 5 mentions for Fluor. KBR's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Fluor's score of 0.36 indicating that Fluor is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Fluor has a net margin of 1.97% compared to Fluor's net margin of -3.65%. Fluor's return on equity of 26.14% beat KBR's return on equity.
Fluor presently has a consensus price target of $44.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.24%. KBR has a consensus price target of $76.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.54%. Given Fluor's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe KBR is more favorable than Fluor.
Fluor received 135 more outperform votes than KBR when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave Fluor an outperform vote while only 66.30% of users gave KBR an outperform vote.
88.1% of Fluor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of KBR shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Fluor shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of KBR shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Fluor has a beta of 2.11, suggesting that its stock price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KBR has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Fluor beats KBR on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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