Head-To-Head Comparison: Arcosa (NYSE:ACA) and Janus International Group (NYSE:JBI)

Janus International Group (NYSE:JBI) and Arcosa (NYSE:ACA) are both construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Risk & Volatility

Janus International Group has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arcosa has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Janus International Group and Arcosa, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Janus International Group	1	3	1	0	2.00
Arcosa	0	1	4	0	2.80

Janus International Group currently has a consensus price target of $10.17, indicating a potential upside of 50.84%. Arcosa has a consensus price target of $115.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.72%. Given Janus International Group’s higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Janus International Group is more favorable than Arcosa.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Janus International Group and Arcosa”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Janus International Group	$963.80 million	0.97	$70.40 million	$0.34	19.82
Arcosa	$2.57 billion	2.12	$93.70 million	$3.02	36.72

Arcosa has higher revenue and earnings than Janus International Group. Janus International Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arcosa, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

88.8% of Janus International Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.7% of Arcosa shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of Janus International Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Arcosa shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Janus International Group and Arcosa’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Janus International Group	5.29%	14.18%	5.89%
Arcosa	5.25%	7.46%	3.74%

Summary

Arcosa beats Janus International Group on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Janus International Group

Janus International Group, Inc. manufacturers and supplies turn-key self-storage, and commercial and industrial building solutions in North America and internationally. The company offers roll up and swing doors, hallway systems, relocatable storage moveable additional storage structures units, and other solutions. It also provides facility and door automation and access control technologies; and Noke smart entry system. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Temple, Georgia.

About Arcosa

Arcosa, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides infrastructure-related products and solutions for the construction, engineered structures, and transportation markets in the United States. It operates through three segments: Construction Products, Engineered Structures, and Transportation Products. The Construction Products segment offers natural and recycled aggregates; specialty materials; and construction site support equipment, including trench shields and shoring products for residential and non-residential construction, and specialty/other products, as well as for infrastructure construction. The Engineered Structures segment offers utility structures, wind towers, traffic structures, and telecommunication structures for electricity transmission and distribution, wind power generation, highway road construction, and wireless communication markets. The Transportation Products segment offers inland barges, fiberglass barge covers, winches, marine hardware, and steel components for railcars and transportation equipment; cast components for industrial and mining sectors; and axles, circular forgings, and coupling devices for freight, tank, locomotive, and passenger rail transportation equipment, as well as other industrial uses. Arcosa, Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.