PWR vs. WSO, TXT, EMR, SNA, TREX, TRI, NOC, WM, TPC, and DRTT
Should you be buying Quanta Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quanta Services include Watsco (WSO), Textron (TXT), Emerson Electric (EMR), Snap-on (SNA), Trex (TREX), Thomson Reuters (TRI), Northrop Grumman (NOC), Waste Management (WM), Tutor Perini (TPC), and DIRTT Environmental Solutions (DRTT).
Quanta Services (NYSE:PWR) and Watsco (NYSE:WSO) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
In the previous week, Watsco had 15 more articles in the media than Quanta Services. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Watsco and 13 mentions for Quanta Services. Quanta Services' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Watsco's score of 0.41 indicating that Quanta Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Watsco has a net margin of 7.03% compared to Quanta Services' net margin of 3.57%. Watsco's return on equity of 19.26% beat Quanta Services' return on equity.
Quanta Services has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Watsco has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Quanta Services presently has a consensus price target of $247.67, indicating a potential downside of 3.26%. Watsco has a consensus price target of $404.25, indicating a potential downside of 10.35%. Given Quanta Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Quanta Services is more favorable than Watsco.
Quanta Services received 228 more outperform votes than Watsco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.08% of users gave Quanta Services an outperform vote while only 55.46% of users gave Watsco an outperform vote.
Quanta Services pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Watsco pays an annual dividend of $10.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Quanta Services pays out 7.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Watsco pays out 83.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
90.5% of Quanta Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.7% of Watsco shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Quanta Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.3% of Watsco shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Quanta Services has higher revenue and earnings than Watsco. Watsco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quanta Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Quanta Services beats Watsco on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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