LMB vs. BBCP, AGX, GLDD, NOA, CINT, LYTS, SWIM, WLDN, LOMA, and MEC
Should you be buying Limbach stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Limbach include Concrete Pumping (BBCP), Argan (AGX), Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD), North American Construction Group (NOA), CI&T (CINT), LSI Industries (LYTS), Latham Group (SWIM), Willdan Group (WLDN), Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima (LOMA), and Mayville Engineering (MEC).
Limbach (NASDAQ:LMB) and Concrete Pumping (NASDAQ:BBCP) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings, dividends and valuation.
Limbach received 92 more outperform votes than Concrete Pumping when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.08% of users gave Concrete Pumping an outperform vote while only 55.76% of users gave Limbach an outperform vote.
Limbach has a net margin of 4.93% compared to Concrete Pumping's net margin of 4.81%. Limbach's return on equity of 21.75% beat Concrete Pumping's return on equity.
Limbach has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Concrete Pumping has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Limbach had 9 more articles in the media than Concrete Pumping. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Limbach and 3 mentions for Concrete Pumping. Limbach's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Concrete Pumping's score of 0.94 indicating that Limbach is being referred to more favorably in the media.
55.9% of Limbach shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.2% of Concrete Pumping shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.2% of Limbach shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 27.4% of Concrete Pumping shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Concrete Pumping has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Limbach. Concrete Pumping is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Limbach, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Limbach currently has a consensus price target of $39.00, indicating a potential downside of 32.23%. Concrete Pumping has a consensus price target of $8.50, indicating a potential upside of 18.22%. Given Concrete Pumping's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Concrete Pumping is more favorable than Limbach.
Summary
Limbach beats Concrete Pumping on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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