AMRC vs. MTRX, SMXT, ENVX, PFHC, CSIQ, ACDC, NRP, PDS, REX, and NESR
Should you be buying Ameresco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ameresco include Matrix Service (MTRX), SolarMax Technology (SMXT), Enovix (ENVX), ProFrac (PFHC), Canadian Solar (CSIQ), ProFrac (ACDC), Natural Resource Partners (NRP), Precision Drilling (PDS), REX American Resources (REX), and National Energy Services Reunited (NESR). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Matrix Service (NASDAQ:MTRX) and Ameresco (NYSE:AMRC) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.
Matrix Service has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameresco has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Ameresco had 21 more articles in the media than Matrix Service. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Ameresco and 13 mentions for Matrix Service. Matrix Service's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Ameresco's score of -0.71 indicating that Ameresco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ameresco has a net margin of 4.54% compared to Ameresco's net margin of -2.81%. Matrix Service's return on equity of 7.49% beat Ameresco's return on equity.
Ameresco has higher revenue and earnings than Matrix Service. Matrix Service is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ameresco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Matrix Service presently has a consensus target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 37.49%. Ameresco has a consensus target price of $40.42, suggesting a potential upside of 46.33%. Given Matrix Service's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ameresco is more favorable than Matrix Service.
Ameresco received 110 more outperform votes than Matrix Service when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.82% of users gave Ameresco an outperform vote while only 55.77% of users gave Matrix Service an outperform vote.
78.4% of Matrix Service shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.2% of Ameresco shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Matrix Service shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 42.0% of Ameresco shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Ameresco beats Matrix Service on 17 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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