BBU vs. AMRC, AGX, LMB, BBCP, MTRX, SMXT, WLGS, CSCW, BLD, and RCM
Should you be buying Brookfield Business Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brookfield Business Partners include Ameresco (AMRC), Argan (AGX), Limbach (LMB), Concrete Pumping (BBCP), Matrix Service (MTRX), SolarMax Technology (SMXT), WANG & LEE GROUP (WLGS), Color Star Technology (CSCW), TopBuild (BLD), and R1 RCM (RCM).
Brookfield Business Partners (NYSE:BBU) and Ameresco (NYSE:AMRC) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership and earnings.
Brookfield Business Partners presently has a consensus price target of $30.33, indicating a potential upside of 62.91%. Ameresco has a consensus price target of $40.31, indicating a potential upside of 20.68%. Given Brookfield Business Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Brookfield Business Partners is more favorable than Ameresco.
In the previous week, Ameresco had 6 more articles in the media than Brookfield Business Partners. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Ameresco and 2 mentions for Brookfield Business Partners. Brookfield Business Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Ameresco's score of 0.65 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 Ameresco's net margin of 4.17%. Brookfield Business Partners' return on equity of 21.64% beat Ameresco's return on equity.
85.0% of Brookfield Business Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.2% of Ameresco shares are owned by institutional investors. 42.0% of Ameresco shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Brookfield Business Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Ameresco. Brookfield Business Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ameresco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ameresco received 112 more outperform votes than Brookfield Business Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.93% of users gave Brookfield Business Partners an outperform vote while only 68.87% of users gave Ameresco an outperform vote.
Brookfield Business Partners has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameresco has a beta of 1.78, meaning that its stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Brookfield Business Partners beats Ameresco on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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