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 $33.8B against $12.8B — 2.6× the size. Comfort Systems USA, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 20.8× against 25.1×. Comfort Systems USA, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 50.7% against 25.7%. Comfort Systems USA, Inc. has the higher net margin (13.0% vs 2.80%) and the higher return on invested capital (106.7% vs 6.75%). Across the 22 metrics below, Comfort Systems USA, Inc. leads on 16 and MasTec, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric FIX MTZ Engineering & Construction median
P/E 20.84 25.08 27.65
P/S 2.71 0.73 0.85
P/B 10.17 3.02 3.04
Price to free cash flow 14.52 27.30 19.05
EV/EBITDA 14.06 11.89 11.89
EV/Sales 2.54 0.95 1.20
Earnings yield 4.80% 3.99% 2.77%
Free cash flow yield 6.89% 3.66% 2.00%

Profitability

Metric FIX MTZ Engineering & Construction median
Gross margin 25.57% 12.74% 18.76%
Operating margin 16.70% 4.93% 6.43%
Net margin 13.01% 2.80% 2.14%
Free cash flow margin 19.53% 2.69% 1.12%
Return on equity 58.61% 13.13% 6.05%
Return on assets 20.94% 4.06% 1.19%
Return on invested capital 106.73% 6.75% 2.52%

Growth

Metric FIX MTZ Engineering & Construction median
Revenue growth (TTM) 50.70% 25.66% 18.09%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 97.81% 146.12% 13.42%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 26.08% 17.73% 12.23%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 46.77% 4.33% 0.00%

Health

Metric FIX MTZ Engineering & Construction median
Debt to equity 0.01 0.99 0.41
Current ratio 1.15 1.39 1.37
Net debt to EBITDA (0.57) 1.79 0.38

Dividend

Metric FIX MTZ Engineering & Construction median
Dividend yield 0.31% — 0.68%
Payout ratio 0.06 — 0.18

Size

Metric FIX MTZ Engineering & Construction median
Market cap 33.76b 12.76b 1.13b

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