China Communications Construction (OTCMKTS:CCCGY) & Dycom Industries (NYSE:DY) Head-To-Head Survey

China Communications Construction (OTCMKTS:CCCGY) and Dycom Industries (NYSE:DY) are both construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for China Communications Construction and Dycom Industries, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
China Communications Construction	0	0	0	0	0.00
Dycom Industries	0	0	7	1	3.13

Dycom Industries has a consensus target price of $245.00, indicating a potential downside of 2.90%. Given Dycom Industries’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Dycom Industries is more favorable than China Communications Construction.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares China Communications Construction and Dycom Industries”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
China Communications Construction	$106.87 billion	N/A	$3.32 billion	N/A	N/A
Dycom Industries	$4.82 billion	1.51	$233.41 million	$7.89	31.98

China Communications Construction has higher revenue and earnings than Dycom Industries.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

98.3% of Dycom Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Dycom Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares China Communications Construction and Dycom Industries’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
China Communications Construction	N/A	N/A	N/A
Dycom Industries	4.81%	20.04%	8.22%

Summary

Dycom Industries beats China Communications Construction on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About China Communications Construction

China Communications Construction Company Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the infrastructure construction, design, and dredging businesses. The company is involved in the construction of various infrastructure projects, including road and bridge, port, railway, waterway, river basin, tunnel, rail transit, airport, subway, housing, and municipal and environmental projects; and provision of infrastructure design services, such as consulting and planning, feasibility study, survey and design, engineering consultancy, engineering measurement and technical research, project management, project supervision, general project contracting, compilation of industry standards and codes, etc. It also provides dredging services primarily comprising infrastructure dredging, maintenance dredging, environmental dredging, and reclamation, as well as supports projects related to dredging and land reclamation. In addition, the company engages in the manufacture of road construction machinery; trading of motor vehicle spare parts and machinery; maintenance and repair of port machinery; trading of construction materials and equipment; fund and asset management activities; and provision of financial services. It has operations in Mainland China, Australia, Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.

About Dycom Industries

Dycom Industries, Inc. provides specialty contracting services to the telecommunications infrastructure and utility industries in the United States. The company offers engineering services to telecommunications providers, including the planning and design of aerial, underground, and buried fiber optic, copper, and coaxial cable systems; wireless networks in connection with the deployment of macro cell and new small cell sites; and program and project management and inspection personnel. It also provides construction, maintenance, and installation services for telephone companies and cable multiple system operators, such as placement and splicing of copper, fiber, and coaxial cables; tower construction, lines and antenna installation, foundation and equipment pad construction, and small cell site placement for wireless carriers, as well as equipment installation and material fabrication, and site testing services; underground facility locating services comprising locating telephone, cable television, power, water, sewer, and gas lines; installation and maintenance of customer premise equipment, including digital video recorders, set top boxes, and modems for cable system operators; and construction and maintenance services for electric and gas utilities, and other customers. Dycom Industries, Inc. was incorporated in 1969 and is headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.