COMFORT SYSTEMS USA, INC. vs MasTec, Inc., two Engineering & Construction stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where FIX and MTZ diverge most: on debt / equity, FIX reads 0.02 and MTZ reads 0.69; on return on invested capital, FIX reads 44.1% and MTZ reads 1.9%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What FIX's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What MTZ's price implies is a demanding bet versus history and the cohort (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | FIX | MTZ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1732.36 | $338.08 |
| Market cap | $61.1B | $26.6B |
| Sector | Engineering & Construction | Engineering & Construction |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| P/E | 42.6 | 59.2 |
| P/B | 18.98 | 7.77 |
| P/S | 5.44 | 1.74 |
| EV/EBITDA | 30.9 | 49.4 |
| Revenue growth | +45.9% | +23.0% |
| Gross margin | 25.9% | — |
| Operating margin | 17.1% | 3.7% |
| Net margin | 12.8% | 2.9% |
| Return on equity | 44.6% | 13.1% |
| Return on assets | 16.9% | 4.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 44.1% | 1.9% |
| FCF yield | 3.5% | 1.0% |
| Dividend yield | 0.1% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.02 | 0.69 |
| Current ratio | 1.21 | 1.32 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.23 | 4.28 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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