BBU vs. BBCP, CRCT, MLNK, VVX, MTTR, STER, SCS, ZKH, NVEE, and OPEN
Should you be buying Brookfield Business Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brookfield Business Partners include Concrete Pumping (BBCP), Cricut (CRCT), MeridianLink (MLNK), V2X (VVX), Matterport (MTTR), Sterling Check (STER), Steelcase (SCS), ZKH Group (ZKH), NV5 Global (NVEE), and Opendoor Technologies (OPEN). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Brookfield Business Partners (NYSE:BBU) and Concrete Pumping (NASDAQ:BBCP) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, risk, community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Brookfield Business Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Concrete Pumping. Brookfield Business Partners 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 2 more articles in the media than Brookfield Business Partners. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Concrete Pumping and 1 mentions for Brookfield Business Partners. Brookfield Business Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Concrete Pumping's score of 0.94 indicating that Brookfield Business Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Brookfield Business Partners has a net margin of 7.08% compared to Concrete Pumping's net margin of 4.81%. Brookfield Business Partners' return on equity of 21.64% beat Concrete Pumping's return on equity.
Brookfield Business Partners received 163 more outperform votes than Concrete Pumping when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.93% of users gave Brookfield Business Partners an outperform vote while only 57.08% of users gave Concrete Pumping an outperform vote.
Brookfield Business Partners currently has a consensus price target of $30.33, indicating a potential upside of 61.00%. Concrete Pumping has a consensus price target of $8.50, indicating a potential upside of 18.22%. Given Brookfield Business Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Brookfield Business Partners is more favorable than Concrete Pumping.
85.0% of Brookfield Business Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.2% of Concrete Pumping shares are held by institutional investors. 27.4% of Concrete Pumping shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Brookfield Business Partners has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Concrete Pumping has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Brookfield Business Partners beats Concrete Pumping on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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