Reviewing Fluor (NYSE:FLR) and Harris & Harris Group (NASDAQ:TURN)

Fluor (NYSE:FLR) and Harris & Harris Group (NASDAQ:TURN) are both construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares Fluor and Harris & Harris Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fluor	11.13%	14.59%	5.67%
Harris & Harris Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Fluor and Harris & Harris Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fluor	0	3	5	0	2.63
Harris & Harris Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

Fluor currently has a consensus target price of $45.43, suggesting a potential downside of 7.59%. Given Fluor’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fluor is more favorable than Harris & Harris Group.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Fluor and Harris & Harris Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fluor	$16.32 billion	0.50	$2.15 billion	$10.43	4.71
Harris & Harris Group	$190,000.00	210.53	-$3.87 million	N/A	N/A

Fluor has higher revenue and earnings than Harris & Harris Group.

Volatility and Risk

Fluor has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Harris & Harris Group has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

88.1% of Fluor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.8% of Harris & Harris Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Fluor shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.8% of Harris & Harris Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Fluor beats Harris & Harris Group on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Harris & Harris Group

180 Degree Capital Corp. is a publicly owned corporate pension plan sponsor. It primarily provides its services to pension and profit sharing plans. The firm is a large advisory firm which provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles, pension consulting services. It manages separate client focused equity and balanced funds. It invests in exchange-traded equity securities, non exchange-traded equity securities, cash and cash equivalents and assets of the adviser that are primarily receivables and prepaid expenses. The firm conducts in-house research to make investments. The firm was formerly known as Harris & Harris Group, Inc. 180 Degree Capital Corp. was founded in 1981 and is based in Montclair, New Jersey.