KBR vs. FLR, STRL, GVA, ROAD, EXP, AYI, TREX, AAON, SSD, 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), Eagle Materials (EXP), Acuity Brands (AYI), Trex (TREX), AAON (AAON), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), 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 business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
Fluor has a beta of 2.11, indicating that its stock price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KBR has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, KBR had 22 more articles in the media than Fluor. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for KBR and 13 mentions for Fluor. Fluor's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat KBR's score of 0.44 indicating that KBR is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Fluor received 135 more outperform votes than KBR when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.60% of users gave Fluor an outperform vote while only 66.22% of users gave KBR an outperform vote.
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.
Fluor presently has a consensus target price of $43.17, suggesting a potential upside of 10.85%. KBR has a consensus target price of $73.86, suggesting a potential upside of 10.42%. Given KBR's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fluor is more favorable than KBR.
Fluor has a net margin of 0.90% compared to Fluor's net margin of -3.65%. Fluor's return on equity of 26.14% beat KBR's return on equity.
Summary
Fluor beats KBR on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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