Critical Analysis: Ming Shing Group (NASDAQ:MSW) and AECOM (NYSE:ACM)

AECOM (NYSE:ACM) and Ming Shing Group (NASDAQ:MSW) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability.

Risk and Volatility

AECOM has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ming Shing Group has a beta of 5.43, indicating that its share price is 443% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

85.4% of AECOM shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of AECOM shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.7% of Ming Shing Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for AECOM and Ming Shing Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AECOM	0	4	9	0	2.69
Ming Shing Group	1	0	0	0	1.00

AECOM currently has a consensus target price of $114.82, suggesting a potential upside of 51.26%. Given AECOM’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe AECOM is more favorable than Ming Shing Group.

Profitability

This table compares AECOM and Ming Shing Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AECOM	3.16%	28.52%	6.08%
Ming Shing Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares AECOM and Ming Shing Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AECOM	$16.14 billion	0.60	$561.77 million	$3.83	19.82
Ming Shing Group	$33.85 million	0.48	-$5.73 million	N/A	N/A

AECOM has higher revenue and earnings than Ming Shing Group.

Summary

AECOM beats Ming Shing Group on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About AECOM

AECOM, together with its subsidiaries, provides professional infrastructure consulting services worldwide. It operates in three segments: Americas, International, and AECOM Capital. The company offers planning, consulting, architectural and engineering design, construction and program management, and investment and development services to public and private clients. It is also involved in the investment and development of real estate projects. In addition, the company provides construction services, including building construction and energy, and infrastructure and industrial construction. It serves transportation, water, government, facilities, environmental, and energy sectors. The company was formerly known as AECOM Technology Corporation and changed its name to AECOM in January 2015. AECOM was incorporated in 1980 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

About Ming Shing Group

Ming Shing Group Holdings Limited is a company mainly engaged in wet trades works, such as plastering works, tile laying works, brick laying works, floor screeding works and marble works. Ming Shing Group Holdings Limited is based in Hong Kong.