ROAD vs. GVA, STRL, GLDD, ORN, FLR, KBR, ABM, DFH, FTDR, and DOOR
Should you be buying Construction Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Construction Partners include Granite Construction (GVA), Sterling Infrastructure (STRL), Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD), Orion Group (ORN), Fluor (FLR), KBR (KBR), ABM Industries (ABM), Dream Finders Homes (DFH), Frontdoor (FTDR), and Masonite International (DOOR). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Construction Partners (NASDAQ:ROAD) and Granite Construction (NYSE:GVA) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation and community ranking.
Granite Construction received 199 more outperform votes than Construction Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.09% of users gave Construction Partners an outperform vote while only 57.59% of users gave Granite Construction an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Construction Partners had 12 more articles in the media than Granite Construction. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Construction Partners and 8 mentions for Granite Construction. Granite Construction's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Construction Partners' score of 0.74 indicating that Granite Construction is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Construction Partners has a net margin of 3.68% compared to Granite Construction's net margin of 0.98%. Granite Construction's return on equity of 14.91% beat Construction Partners' return on equity.
94.8% of Construction Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.8% of Construction Partners shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Granite Construction shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Construction Partners has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Granite Construction. Construction Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Granite Construction, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Construction Partners has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Granite Construction has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Construction Partners currently has a consensus target price of $54.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.68%. Granite Construction has a consensus target price of $57.00, indicating a potential downside of 8.97%. Given Construction Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Construction Partners is more favorable than Granite Construction.
Summary
Construction Partners beats Granite Construction on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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