MTRX vs. BBCP, LMB, AGX, AMRC, SMXT, SMLP, IREN, WTI, UROY, and NGS
Should you be buying Matrix Service stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Matrix Service include Concrete Pumping (BBCP), Limbach (LMB), Argan (AGX), Ameresco (AMRC), SolarMax Technology (SMXT), Summit Midstream Partners (SMLP), Iris Energy (IREN), W&T Offshore (WTI), Uranium Royalty (UROY), and Natural Gas Services Group (NGS).
Concrete Pumping (NASDAQ:BBCP) and Matrix Service (NASDAQ:MTRX) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, profitability, dividends, earnings and media sentiment.
Concrete Pumping has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Matrix Service has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Matrix Service had 2 more articles in the media than Concrete Pumping. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Matrix Service and 1 mentions for Concrete Pumping. Concrete Pumping's average media sentiment score of 0.07 beat Matrix Service's score of 0.00 indicating that Matrix Service is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Concrete Pumping currently has a consensus target price of $8.50, suggesting a potential upside of 27.06%. Matrix Service has a consensus target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.42%. Given Matrix Service's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Concrete Pumping is more favorable than Matrix Service.
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 55.88% of users gave Matrix Service an outperform vote.
Concrete Pumping has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Concrete Pumping has a net margin of 4.81% compared to Concrete Pumping's net margin of -2.49%. Matrix Service's return on equity of 7.76% beat Concrete Pumping's return on equity.
34.2% of Concrete Pumping shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.4% of Matrix Service shares are held by institutional investors. 27.4% of Concrete Pumping shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Matrix Service shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Concrete Pumping beats Matrix Service on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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