Comfort Systems USA, Inc. (FIX) vs MasTec, Inc. (MTZ)

Comfort Systems USA, Inc. and MasTec, Inc. are both Engineering & Construction companies. Comfort Systems USA, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $52.1B against $15.4B — 3.4× the size. MasTec, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 30.1× against 35.4×. Comfort Systems USA, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 46.1% against 23.5%. Comfort Systems USA, Inc. has the higher net margin (12.8% vs 3.07%) and the higher return on invested capital (81.6% vs 8.57%). Across the 22 metrics below, Comfort Systems USA, Inc. leads on 14 and MasTec, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric FIX MTZ Engineering & Construction median
P/E 35.36 30.09 29.24
P/S 4.51 0.93 1.09
P/B 15.75 4.14 3.39
Price to free cash flow 24.72 50.61 24.81
EV/EBITDA 24.37 13.47 14.38
EV/Sales 4.35 1.08 1.37
Earnings yield 2.83% 3.32% 2.83%
Free cash flow yield 4.05% 1.98% 2.28%

Profitability

Metric FIX MTZ Engineering & Construction median
Gross margin 25.66% 12.91% 18.76%
Operating margin 16.47% 5.13% 6.26%
Net margin 12.78% 3.07% 2.23%
Free cash flow margin 19.27% 1.83% 1.83%
Return on equity 55.29% 14.95% 7.90%
Return on assets 21.17% 4.93% 0.87%
Return on invested capital 81.59% 8.57% 2.52%

Growth

Metric FIX MTZ Engineering & Construction median
Revenue growth (TTM) 46.11% 23.46% 16.67%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 97.81% 146.12% 13.42%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 26.08% 17.73% 11.76%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 46.77% 4.33% 0.00%

Health

Metric FIX MTZ Engineering & Construction median
Debt to equity 0.02 0.76 0.40
Current ratio 1.21 1.40 1.39
Net debt to EBITDA (0.57) 1.79 0.38

Dividend

Metric FIX MTZ Engineering & Construction median
Dividend yield 0.21% — 0.63%
Payout ratio 0.07 — 0.17

Size

Metric FIX MTZ Engineering & Construction median
Market cap 52.13b 15.39b 1.09b

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