ACA vs. DY, KNF, GTES, RYN, STRL, SKY, TPH, MHO, PCH, and AWI
Should you be buying Arcosa stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arcosa include Dycom Industries (DY), Knife River (KNF), Gates Industrial (GTES), Rayonier (RYN), Sterling Infrastructure (STRL), Skyline Champion (SKY), Tri Pointe Homes (TPH), M/I Homes (MHO), PotlatchDeltic (PCH), and Armstrong World Industries (AWI). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Arcosa (NYSE:ACA) and Dycom Industries (NYSE:DY) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Arcosa had 3 more articles in the media than Dycom Industries. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Arcosa and 11 mentions for Dycom Industries. Arcosa's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Dycom Industries' score of 0.72 indicating that Arcosa is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Arcosa has a net margin of 6.05% compared to Dycom Industries' net margin of 5.24%. Dycom Industries' return on equity of 22.06% beat Arcosa's return on equity.
90.7% of Arcosa shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.3% of Dycom Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Arcosa shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Dycom Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Arcosa currently has a consensus price target of $93.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.43%. Dycom Industries has a consensus price target of $138.83, indicating a potential downside of 6.69%. Given Arcosa's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Arcosa is more favorable than Dycom Industries.
Dycom Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Arcosa. Dycom Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arcosa, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dycom Industries received 573 more outperform votes than Arcosa when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.28% of users gave Dycom Industries an outperform vote while only 54.23% of users gave Arcosa an outperform vote.
Arcosa has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dycom Industries has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Dycom Industries beats Arcosa on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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