Comfort Systems USA, Inc. (FIX) vs Quanta Services, Inc. (PWR)

Comfort Systems USA, Inc. and Quanta Services, Inc. are both Engineering & Construction companies. Quanta Services, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $96.6B against $52.1B — 1.9× the size. Comfort Systems USA, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 35.4× against 71.2×. Comfort Systems USA, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 46.1% against 26.3%. Comfort Systems USA, Inc. has the higher net margin (12.8% vs 4.03%) and the higher return on invested capital (81.6% vs 8.29%). Both pay a dividend; Comfort Systems USA, Inc. yields more (0.21% vs 0.07%). Across the 23 metrics below, Comfort Systems USA, Inc. leads on 20 and Quanta Services, Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric FIX PWR Engineering & Construction median
P/E 35.36 71.24 29.24
P/S 4.51 2.88 1.09
P/B 15.75 9.74 3.39
Price to free cash flow 24.72 40.40 24.81
EV/EBITDA 24.37 32.78 14.38
EV/Sales 4.35 3.05 1.37
Earnings yield 2.83% 1.40% 2.83%
Free cash flow yield 4.05% 2.48% 2.28%

Profitability

Metric FIX PWR Engineering & Construction median
Gross margin 25.66% 15.46% 18.76%
Operating margin 16.47% 6.19% 6.26%
Net margin 12.78% 4.03% 2.23%
Free cash flow margin 19.27% 7.15% 1.83%
Return on equity 55.29% 15.07% 7.90%
Return on assets 21.17% 5.51% 0.87%
Return on invested capital 81.59% 8.29% 2.52%

Growth

Metric FIX PWR Engineering & Construction median
Revenue growth (TTM) 46.11% 26.30% 16.67%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 97.81% 12.77% 13.42%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 26.08% 20.52% 11.76%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 46.77% 18.21% 0.00%

Health

Metric FIX PWR Engineering & Construction median
Debt to equity 0.02 0.63 0.40
Current ratio 1.21 1.10 1.39
Net debt to EBITDA (0.57) 2.20 0.38

Dividend

Metric FIX PWR Engineering & Construction median
Dividend yield 0.21% 0.07% 0.63%
Payout ratio 0.07 0.05 0.17

Size

Metric FIX PWR Engineering & Construction median
Market cap 52.13b 96.55b 1.09b

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