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 $76.7B against $33.8B — 2.3× the size. Comfort Systems USA, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 20.8× against 45.3×. Comfort Systems USA, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 50.7% against 37.1%. Comfort Systems USA, Inc. has the higher net margin (13.0% vs 4.51%) and the higher return on invested capital (106.7% vs 10.4%). Both pay a dividend; Comfort Systems USA, Inc. yields more (0.31% vs 0.09%). Across the 23 metrics below, Comfort Systems USA, Inc. leads on 19 and Quanta Services, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric FIX PWR Engineering & Construction median
P/E 20.84 45.31 27.65
P/S 2.71 2.06 0.85
P/B 10.17 7.25 3.04
Price to free cash flow 14.52 24.81 19.05
EV/EBITDA 14.06 22.39 11.89
EV/Sales 2.54 2.19 1.20
Earnings yield 4.80% 2.21% 2.77%
Free cash flow yield 6.89% 4.03% 2.00%

Profitability

Metric FIX PWR Engineering & Construction median
Gross margin 25.57% 15.76% 18.76%
Operating margin 16.70% 6.83% 6.43%
Net margin 13.01% 4.51% 2.14%
Free cash flow margin 19.53% 8.33% 1.12%
Return on equity 58.61% 17.68% 6.05%
Return on assets 20.94% 6.06% 1.19%
Return on invested capital 106.73% 10.40% 2.52%

Growth

Metric FIX PWR Engineering & Construction median
Revenue growth (TTM) 50.70% 37.13% 18.09%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 97.81% 12.77% 13.42%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 26.08% 20.52% 12.23%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 46.77% 18.21% 0.00%

Health

Metric FIX PWR Engineering & Construction median
Debt to equity 0.01 0.66 0.41
Current ratio 1.15 1.16 1.37
Net debt to EBITDA (0.57) 2.20 0.38

Dividend

Metric FIX PWR Engineering & Construction median
Dividend yield 0.31% 0.09% 0.68%
Payout ratio 0.06 0.04 0.18

Size

Metric FIX PWR Engineering & Construction median
Market cap 33.76b 76.70b 1.13b

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