Comfort Systems USA vs IES
FIX and IESC side by side, both in industrials. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How FIX and IESC compare
Comfort Systems USA is the larger company, worth 11 times as much as IES ($43.4B against $4.1B).
Comfort Systems USA grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (46.1% versus 22.7% for IES).
Comfort Systems USA pays a dividend yielding 0.24%; IES does not pay one.
Comfort Systems USA scores higher on the StockData Score (18 against 13 for IES), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | FIX | IESC |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $43.4B | $4.1B |
| Share price | $1232.66 | $205.96 |
| Change, 1 year | 22.0% | −1.5% |
| Change, 5 years | 1145% | 674% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.41 | 1.25 |
| Employees | 23K | 10K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 18 (better) | 13 |
| Valuation score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Growth score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Performance score | 5 (better) | 2 |
| Health score | 6 | 6 |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 30.3× | – |
| P/S | 3.9× | 1.0× (better) |
| P/B | 13.5× | 3.3× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 55.9× | 6.7× (better) |
| P/FCF | 20.1× | 18.0× (better) |
| PEG | 0.49 | – |
| FCF yield | 5.0% | 5.6% (better) |
| Fair value | $678.66 | $218.38 |
| Margin of safety | −81.6% | 5.7% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 46.1% (better) | 22.7% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −8.5% | 23.1% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 107% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 109% | – |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 47.8% | 50.6% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 9.7% | 26.3% (better) |
| Operating margin | 6.6% | 12.4% (better) |
| Net margin | 12.8% | – |
| FCF margin | 19.2% (better) | 5.7% |
| Return on equity | 55.3% | – |
| Return on invested capital | 23.8% | 50.7% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.02 (better) | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −2.42 | – |
| Interest coverage | 79.1× | 141× (better) |
| Current ratio | 1.21 | 1.63 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 7.25 (better) | 5.85 |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 7 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.24% | – |
| Payout ratio | 6.4% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 13 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 35.6% | – |
| Buyback yield | 0.26% | 0.48% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 0.50% (better) | 0.48% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 92.7% | – |
| Held by insiders | 1.1% | – |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$172M (better) | −$256M |
| Superinvestors holding | 2 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 2.4% | – |
Go deeper
- FIX stock overview
- FIX income statement
- FIX valuation and score
- IESC stock overview
- IESC income statement
- IESC valuation and score
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