MTZ vs. DY, PRIM, FLR, SUM, AZEK, ALTR, UFPI, CHX, SSD, and AAON
Should you be buying MasTec stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MasTec include Dycom Industries (DY), Primoris Services (PRIM), Fluor (FLR), Summit Materials (SUM), AZEK (AZEK), Altair Engineering (ALTR), UFP Industries (UFPI), ChampionX (CHX), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), and AAON (AAON). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
MasTec (NYSE:MTZ) and Dycom Industries (NYSE:DY) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, profitability and risk.
78.1% of MasTec shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.3% of Dycom Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 21.3% of MasTec shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Dycom Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
MasTec received 54 more outperform votes than Dycom Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.47% of users gave MasTec an outperform vote while only 73.25% of users gave Dycom Industries an outperform vote.
MasTec has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dycom Industries has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dycom Industries has a net margin of 5.24% compared to MasTec's net margin of -0.42%. Dycom Industries' return on equity of 22.06% beat MasTec's return on equity.
In the previous week, MasTec had 2 more articles in the media than Dycom Industries. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for MasTec and 2 mentions for Dycom Industries. Dycom Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat MasTec's score of 0.94 indicating that Dycom Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Dycom Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings than MasTec. MasTec is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dycom Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MasTec currently has a consensus price target of $96.85, suggesting a potential upside of 9.53%. Dycom Industries has a consensus price target of $135.50, suggesting a potential downside of 2.87%. Given MasTec's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe MasTec is more favorable than Dycom Industries.
Summary
Dycom Industries beats MasTec on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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