COMPARE · Data as of August 21, 2026
MWH vs NJR
Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. MWH scored 72.0, NJR scored 63.2 — MWH leads.
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Different reporting periods. NJR's fundamentals are as of June 2026, but MWH's are as of March 2026 — a 3-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
MWH
SOLV Energy, Inc.
72
$28.34 · $5.7B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
8.8
MWH leads
NJR
New Jersey Resources Corporation
63.2
$53.52 · $5.4B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
- CheapestNJR14.8x
- Fastest growthMWH+34.8%
- Strongest balance sheetMWH0.10
- Highest qualityNJR77 / 100
- Largest discount to fair valueMWH-34%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
MWH
stronger →← stronger
NJR
75
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
77
95
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
48
87
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
68
MWH is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
MWH
NJR
$368mC
FCF
$359mC
+34.8%A
Rev
+7.0%C+
0.10A
D/E
1.47B
48.0xD
P/E
14.8xA-
1.17B+
PEG
2.13C
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
MWH
NJR
34% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
26% below
~4%/yr
Growth the price implies10-yr FCF · lower = less priced in
~-7%/yr
+15%
1-yr DCF upside
+46%
+51%
5-yr DCF upside
+35%
+125%
10-yr DCF upside
+20%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
MWH
Why this score
- Short track record
NJR
Why this score
- Raising its dividend
The companies
MWHSOLV Energy, Inc.
Why now
Utilities - Renewable · market cap $5.7b. Down 41% from 52-week high of $48.40 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +35% — in hypergrowth territory. 11 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $45.18 (implying +59% upside).
Moat
Free cash flow runs well ahead of reported net income — non-cash charges (depreciation, intangible amortization) are holding down GAAP earnings while cash generation stays strong.
Risk
Down 41% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. Trailing P/E 48x sits well above the S&P median (~20x) — multiple compression is a real risk if revenue growth decelerates. Net margin 3.8% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first.
NJRNew Jersey Resources Corporation
Why now
Utilities - Regulated Gas · market cap $5.4b. 12% off the 52-week high of $60.86. 7 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $60.00 (implying +12% upside).
Moat
Net margin 24% sits well above the S&P median (~11%) — suggests structural pricing advantage or cost discipline competitors can't quickly close. ROE 14% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. FCF converts 98% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash, a sign that working capital and capex are well-disciplined.
Risk
Commodity exposure — earnings power tracks the price of the underlying commodity, not management execution. A 15-20% move in the commodity reprices the equity well before fundamentals catch up.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
MWH leads NJR by 7.9 points (72.0 to 64.1), its sharpest advantage coming in Rev (grade A). A contrarian could still prefer NJR, which trades about 26% below our DCF fair value — a margin of safety the score doesn't reward. Note they play different roles — MWH screens as growth, NJR screens as value — so the model rewards different traits for each.
Our AI analyst is busy right now, so this verdict is drawn directly from the pillars, grades and DCF above.
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Where MWH and NJR diverge
On the headline score the gap is 8.8 points in favor of MWH. The widest single difference is Growth, where MWH leads by 46.8 points.
- GrowthMWH 95.2 · NJR 48.4MWH +46.8
- ValueMWH 86.5 · NJR 68.0MWH +18.5
- QualityMWH 74.9 · NJR 76.6level
Pillars run 0–100 against sector peers, so a score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.