MTRX vs. BBCP, SMXT, OIS, SLI, GTE, UROY, WTI, FREY, FCEL, and AMPY
Should you be buying Matrix Service stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Matrix Service include Concrete Pumping (BBCP), SolarMax Technology (SMXT), Oil States International (OIS), Standard Lithium (SLI), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), Uranium Royalty (UROY), W&T Offshore (WTI), FREYR Battery (FREY), FuelCell Energy (FCEL), and Amplify Energy (AMPY).
Matrix Service (NASDAQ:MTRX) and Concrete Pumping (NASDAQ:BBCP) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Matrix Service received 164 more outperform votes than Concrete Pumping when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.08% of users gave Concrete Pumping an outperform vote while only 55.77% of users gave Matrix Service an outperform vote.
Matrix Service presently has a consensus price target of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 34.53%. Concrete Pumping has a consensus price target of $8.50, suggesting a potential upside of 18.22%. Given Matrix Service's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Matrix Service is more favorable than Concrete Pumping.
Concrete Pumping has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Matrix Service. Matrix Service is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Concrete Pumping, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Concrete Pumping had 1 more articles in the media than Matrix Service. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Concrete Pumping and 2 mentions for Matrix Service. Matrix Service's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Concrete Pumping's score of 0.94 indicating that Matrix Service is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Matrix Service has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Concrete Pumping has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
78.4% of Matrix Service shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.2% of Concrete Pumping shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Matrix Service shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.4% of Concrete Pumping 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.
Concrete Pumping has a net margin of 4.81% compared to Matrix Service's net margin of -2.81%. Concrete Pumping's return on equity of 7.76% beat Matrix Service's return on equity.
Summary
Concrete Pumping beats Matrix Service on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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