ROAD vs. GVA, STRL, GLDD, ORN, FLR, KBR, ABM, DOOR, CCS, and PRIM
Should you be buying Construction Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Construction Partners include Granite Construction (GVA), Sterling Infrastructure (STRL), Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD), Orion Group (ORN), Fluor (FLR), KBR (KBR), ABM Industries (ABM), Masonite International (DOOR), Century Communities (CCS), and Primoris Services (PRIM). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Granite Construction (NYSE:GVA) and Construction Partners (NASDAQ:ROAD) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
Granite Construction received 199 more outperform votes than Construction Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.30% of users gave Construction Partners an outperform vote while only 57.59% of users gave Granite Construction an outperform vote.
Construction Partners has a net margin of 3.52% compared to Construction Partners' net margin of 0.98%. Construction Partners' return on equity of 14.91% beat Granite Construction's return on equity.
Granite Construction has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% 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.
Construction Partners has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Granite Construction. Construction Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Granite Construction, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
94.8% of Construction Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Granite Construction 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Granite Construction currently has a consensus target price of $57.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.08%. Construction Partners has a consensus target price of $52.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.37%. Given Granite Construction's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Construction Partners is more favorable than Granite Construction.
In the previous week, Granite Construction had 16 more articles in the media than Construction Partners. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Granite Construction and 7 mentions for Construction Partners. Construction Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Granite Construction's score of 0.01 indicating that Granite Construction is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Construction Partners beats Granite Construction on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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