How Did Dycom Industries Perform Compared to Its Peers?

In this article, we’ll compare Dycom Industries (DY) with its peers. The PE (price-to-earnings) ratios of Dycom, Quanta Services (PWR), Emcor (EME), and MasTec (MTZ) are 35.7x, 23.0x, 19.1x, and 60.9x, respectively, as of November 23, 2015.

The PBV (price-to-book value) ratios of Dycom, Quanta Services, Emcor, and MasTec are 5.8x, 1.3x, 2.1x, and 1.5x, respectively.

Thus, Dycom Industries has outperformed its peers based on PE and PBV.

The First Trust RBA American Industrial Renaissance ETF (AIRR) invests 4.0% of its holdings in Dycom.

The PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Sector Portfolio ETF (PKB) invests 3.1% of its holdings in Dycom. The ETF tracks a quantitative index that selects building and construction companies most likely to outperform based on growth and value metrics.

The PowerShares S&P SmallCap Industrials Portfolio ETF (PSCI) invests 2.6% of its holdings in Dycom. The ETF tracks a cap-weighted index of industrial stocks selected from the S&P SmallCap 600.

The AlphaClone Alternative Alpha ETF (ALFA) invests 1.4% of its holdings in Dycom. The ETF tracks an index that aims to mimic the position of hedge funds in US equities. The index relies on lagged published-holdings and can be long and short.

Now let’s compare Dycom with the ETFs that invest in it:

• The year-to-date price movements of Dycom, AIRR, PKB, ALFA, and PSCI are 145.1%, -4.9%, 14.8%, -11.3%, and -0.19%, respectively.
• The PE ratios of Dycom, AIRR, PKB, ALFA, and PSCI are 35.7x, 19.3x, 49.9x, 15.3x, and 28.6x, respectively.
• The PBV ratios of Dycom, AIRR, PKB, ALFA, and PSCI are 5.8x, 2.1x, 2.8x, 3.3x, and 2.2x, respectively.

Thus, Dycom Industries has outperformed its ETFs based on price movement, PE, and PBV.