NOA vs. CINT, GLDD, LMB, LYTS, TPC, WLDN, SWIM, AGX, LOMA, and MEC
Should you be buying North American Construction Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of North American Construction Group include CI&T (CINT), Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD), Limbach (LMB), LSI Industries (LYTS), Tutor Perini (TPC), Willdan Group (WLDN), Latham Group (SWIM), Argan (AGX), Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima (LOMA), and Mayville Engineering (MEC). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
CI&T (NYSE:CINT) and North American Construction Group (NYSE:NOA) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
North American Construction Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CI&T. North American Construction Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CI&T, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, North American Construction Group had 3 more articles in the media than CI&T. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for North American Construction Group and 3 mentions for CI&T. North American Construction Group's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat CI&T's score of 0.68 indicating that CI&T is being referred to more favorably in the media.
92.4% of CI&T shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.0% of North American Construction Group shares are held by institutional investors. 9.7% of North American Construction Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
CI&T presently has a consensus target price of $5.38, indicating a potential upside of 39.25%. North American Construction Group has a consensus target price of $39.00, indicating a potential upside of 84.66%. Given CI&T's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe North American Construction Group is more favorable than CI&T.
North American Construction Group received 367 more outperform votes than CI&T when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.81% of users gave North American Construction Group an outperform vote while only 35.71% of users gave CI&T an outperform vote.
CI&T has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, North American Construction Group has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CI&T has a net margin of 7.11% compared to CI&T's net margin of 6.60%. CI&T's return on equity of 22.18% beat North American Construction Group's return on equity.
Summary
North American Construction Group beats CI&T on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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