GVA vs. STRL, FLR, KBR, ROAD, FTDR, PGTI, PATK, PRIM, ROCK, and JBI
Should you be buying Granite Construction stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Granite Construction include Sterling Infrastructure (STRL), Fluor (FLR), KBR (KBR), Construction Partners (ROAD), Frontdoor (FTDR), PGT Innovations (PGTI), Patrick Industries (PATK), Primoris Services (PRIM), Gibraltar Industries (ROCK), and Janus International Group (JBI). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Sterling Infrastructure (NASDAQ:STRL) and Granite Construction (NYSE:GVA) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations and dividends.
In the previous week, Sterling Infrastructure had 5 more articles in the media than Granite Construction. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Sterling Infrastructure and 3 mentions for Granite Construction. Granite Construction's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Sterling Infrastructure's score of 0.18 indicating that Sterling Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Granite Construction received 99 more outperform votes than Sterling Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.59% of users gave Granite Construction an outperform vote while only 56.39% of users gave Sterling Infrastructure an outperform vote.
Sterling Infrastructure has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Granite Construction has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Sterling Infrastructure presently has a consensus target price of $115.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.60%. Granite Construction has a consensus target price of $57.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.65%. Given Granite Construction's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sterling Infrastructure is more favorable than Granite Construction.
80.9% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Granite Construction shares are held by company 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.
Sterling Infrastructure has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Granite Construction. Sterling Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Granite Construction, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sterling Infrastructure has a net margin of 7.03% compared to Sterling Infrastructure's net margin of 1.24%. Granite Construction's return on equity of 24.75% beat Sterling Infrastructure's return on equity.
Summary
Sterling Infrastructure beats Granite Construction on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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