STRL vs. GVA, FLR, GLDD, ORN, KBR, ROAD, TPH, ACA, MHO, and PCH
Should you be buying Sterling Infrastructure stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sterling Infrastructure include Granite Construction (GVA), Fluor (FLR), Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD), Orion Group (ORN), KBR (KBR), Construction Partners (ROAD), Tri Pointe Homes (TPH), Arcosa (ACA), M/I Homes (MHO), and PotlatchDeltic (PCH). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Sterling Infrastructure (NASDAQ:STRL) and Granite Construction (NYSE:GVA) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking and earnings.
Granite Construction received 99 more outperform votes than Sterling Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.59% of users gave Granite Construction an outperform vote while only 56.39% of users gave Sterling Infrastructure an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Sterling Infrastructure had 6 more articles in the media than Granite Construction. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Sterling Infrastructure and 6 mentions for Granite Construction. Granite Construction's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Sterling Infrastructure's score of 0.79 indicating that Granite Construction is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sterling Infrastructure has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Granite Construction has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Sterling Infrastructure has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Granite Construction. Sterling Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Granite Construction, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sterling Infrastructure presently has a consensus target price of $115.00, indicating a potential downside of 10.76%. Granite Construction has a consensus target price of $57.00, indicating a potential downside of 8.37%. Given Granite Construction's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Granite Construction is more favorable than Sterling Infrastructure.
Sterling Infrastructure has a net margin of 7.47% compared to Granite Construction's net margin of 0.98%. Sterling Infrastructure's return on equity of 25.06% beat Granite Construction's return on equity.
81.0% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Granite Construction shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Sterling Infrastructure beats Granite Construction on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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