Vesuvius (OTCMKTS:CKSNY) and Fluor (NYSE:FLR) Financial Survey

Vesuvius (OTCMKTS:CKSNY) and Fluor (NYSE:FLR) are both construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

88.1% of Fluor shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Fluor shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Vesuvius and Fluor’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vesuvius	N/A	N/A	N/A
Fluor	-0.34%	7.96%	3.62%

Volatility & Risk

Vesuvius has a beta of -0.2, indicating that its share price is 120% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fluor has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for Vesuvius and Fluor, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vesuvius	0	0	0	0	0.00
Fluor	1	3	4	0	2.38

Fluor has a consensus price target of $54.33, suggesting a potential upside of 14.02%. Given Fluor’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fluor is more favorable than Vesuvius.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Vesuvius and Fluor”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vesuvius	$2.39 billion	0.60	$68.84 million	N/A	N/A
Fluor	$15.50 billion	0.44	-$51.00 million	($0.78)	-61.09

Vesuvius has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fluor.

Summary

Fluor beats Vesuvius on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Vesuvius

Vesuvius plc is engaged in molten metal flow engineering, principally serving the steel and foundry industries. It develops and manufactures high-technology products and solutions for supply to the steel and casting industries. The Company operates through two segments: Steel and Foundry. The Steel division consists of various product lines, such as Steel Flow Control, Advanced Refractories and Technical Services. Its solution is a fully integrated robotic spray application system with a coupled mixing and laser setting system for the accurate location of the tundish furniture and mix preparation. The automatic robotic mixing and application system is fully contained and shielded with automatic shutdown if someone enters the working zone inside the tundish stand. Its technology allows robots to handle various tasks, such as manipulating steel samplers and temperature or hydrogen sensors, and to distribute powder into the tundish.

About Fluor

Fluor Corporation provides engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC); fabrication and modularization; operation and maintenance; asset integrity; and project management services worldwide. The company operates through Energy Solutions, Urban Solutions, Mission Solutions, and Other segments. The Energy Solutions segment provides solutions to the energy transition markets, including asset decarbonization, carbon capture, renewable fuels, waste-to-energy, green chemicals, hydrogen, nuclear power, and other low-carbon energy sources. It also provides consulting services, including feasibility studies, process assessments, and project finance structuring; and a range of services for small modular reactor technologies, conventional and advanced nuclear reactor technologies. This segment serves the production and fuels, chemicals, LNG, power markets, chemicals and petrochemical industries. The Urban Solutions segment offers EPC and project management services to the infrastructure, advanced technologies, life sciences, and mining and metals industries. This segment also provides staffing services to the company and third-party clients with technical, professional, and craft resources on a contract or permanent placement basis. The Mission Solutions segment offers technical solutions to the U.S. and other governments. It also delivers solutions for nuclear security and operation, nuclear waste management, and laboratory management; and operation and maintenance, logistics, EPC, and life support solutions for mission-critical facilities across U.S. military service organizations. This segment offers site management, environmental remediation, and decommissioning for nuclear remediation at governmental facilities, as well as services to commercial nuclear clients. Fluor Corporation was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Irving, Texas.