MasTec (NYSE:MTZ) & HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft (OTCMKTS:HOCFF) Head to Head Analysis

MasTec (NYSE:MTZ) and HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft (OTCMKTS:HOCFF) are both construction companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

78.1% of MasTec shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.1% of HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft shares are held by institutional investors. 21.3% of MasTec shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for MasTec and HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MasTec	0	3	9	0	2.75
HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft	0	2	0	0	2.00

MasTec currently has a consensus price target of $96.85, suggesting a potential upside of 13.70%. Given MasTec’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe MasTec is more favorable than HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares MasTec and HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MasTec	$12.00 billion	0.56	-$49.95 million	($0.66)	-129.06
HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft	N/A	N/A	N/A	C$2.54	41.17

HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft has lower revenue, but higher earnings than MasTec. MasTec is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares MasTec and HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MasTec	-0.42%	4.82%	1.39%
HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

MasTec beats HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About MasTec

MasTec, Inc., an infrastructure construction company, provides engineering, building, installation, maintenance, and upgrade services for communications, energy, utility, and other infrastructure primarily in the United States and Canada. It operates through five segments: Communications, Clean Energy and Infrastructure, Oil and Gas, Power Delivery, and Other. The company build infrastructure for wireless and wireline/fiber communications; clean energy infrastructure comprising renewable energy power generation; pipeline infrastructure, including natural gas, water, carbon capture sequestration, and other product transport; power delivery services, such as electrical and gas transmission, and distribution systems; industrial and heavy civil infrastructure, including roads, bridges, and rail; and water infrastructure. It also installs electrical and other gas distribution and transmission systems, power generation, power generation, civil and industrial facilities, pipelines, and fiber optic and other cables, as well as install-to-the-home services. In addition, the company offers maintenance and upgrade support services comprising maintenance of customers' distribution facilities, networks, and infrastructure, including communications, power generation, pipeline, electrical distribution and transmission, and civil and industrial and heavy civil infrastructure; service restoration for natural disasters and accidents; and routine replacements and upgrades to overhauls. Its customers include wireless and wireline/fiber service providers, broadband operators, install-to-the-home service providers, public and private energy providers, including renewable and other energy providers, pipeline operators, civil and industrial infrastructure providers, and government entities. MasTec, Inc. was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida.

About HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft

HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft engages in the construction business worldwide. The company operates through HOCHTIEF Americas, HOCHTIEF Asia Pacific, and HOCHTIEF Europe divisions. The HOCHTIEF Americas division provides building and transportation infrastructure construction services primarily in the United States and Canada. The HOCHTIEF Asia Pacific division provides construction, mineral processing, engineering, concessions, and operations and maintenance services for the infrastructure, resources, and real estate markets. This division also undertakes public-private partnerships (PPP). The HOCHTIEF Europe develops and realizes concessions and operator projects in the areas of roads and social infrastructure, energy, and digital. HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft was founded in 1873 and is headquartered in Essen, Germany. HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft operates as a subsidiary of ACS, Actividades de Construcción y Servicios, S.A.