BLD vs. ACM, TOL, WMS, RPM, FND, CX, OC, FIX, JHX, and MAS
Should you be buying TopBuild stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TopBuild include AECOM (ACM), Toll Brothers (TOL), Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS), RPM International (RPM), Floor & Decor (FND), CEMEX (CX), Owens Corning (OC), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), James Hardie Industries (JHX), and Masco (MAS). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
TopBuild (NYSE:BLD) and AECOM (NYSE:ACM) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings and risk.
AECOM received 59 more outperform votes than TopBuild when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.17% of users gave TopBuild an outperform vote while only 63.99% of users gave AECOM an outperform vote.
TopBuild has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AECOM has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
TopBuild has a net margin of 11.82% compared to AECOM's net margin of 0.42%. TopBuild's return on equity of 27.03% beat AECOM's return on equity.
TopBuild has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AECOM. TopBuild is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AECOM, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TopBuild currently has a consensus target price of $418.90, indicating a potential upside of 6.04%. AECOM has a consensus target price of $107.43, indicating a potential upside of 15.56%. Given AECOM's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AECOM is more favorable than TopBuild.
95.7% of TopBuild shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.4% of AECOM shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of TopBuild shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of AECOM shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, AECOM had 7 more articles in the media than TopBuild. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for AECOM and 22 mentions for TopBuild. TopBuild's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat AECOM's score of 0.25 indicating that TopBuild is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
TopBuild beats AECOM on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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