Concrete Pumping (BBCP) Competitors

Limbach (NASDAQ:LMB) and Concrete Pumping (NASDAQ:BBCP) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in LMB or BBCP?

55.8% of Limbach shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.2% of Concrete Pumping shares are held by institutional investors. 9.7% of Limbach shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.6% of Concrete Pumping shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LMB or BBCP?

Limbach received 97 more outperform votes than Concrete Pumping when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.56% of users gave Concrete Pumping an outperform vote while only 56.20% of users gave Limbach an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Limbach	Outperform Votes 222 56.20%	Underperform Votes 173 43.80%
Concrete Pumping	Outperform Votes 125 56.56%	Underperform Votes 96 43.44%

Do analysts prefer LMB or BBCP?

Limbach presently has a consensus target price of $102.67, suggesting a potential downside of 19.16%. Concrete Pumping has a consensus target price of $7.44, suggesting a potential upside of 4.17%. Given Concrete Pumping's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Concrete Pumping is more favorable than Limbach.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Limbach	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Concrete Pumping	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Which has higher earnings & valuation, LMB or BBCP?

Limbach has higher revenue and earnings than Concrete Pumping. 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Limbach	$532.91M	2.77	$20.75M	$2.79	45.52
Concrete Pumping	$414.61M	0.91	$16.21M	$0.28	25.50

Does the media prefer LMB or BBCP?

In the previous week, Limbach had 4 more articles in the media than Concrete Pumping. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Limbach and 3 mentions for Concrete Pumping. Limbach's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Concrete Pumping's score of 1.11 indicating that Limbach is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Limbach	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Concrete Pumping	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is LMB or BBCP more profitable?

Limbach has a net margin of 5.08% compared to Concrete Pumping's net margin of 3.81%. Limbach's return on equity of 20.16% beat Concrete Pumping's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Limbach	5.08%	20.16%	8.60%
Concrete Pumping	3.81%	6.19%	2.17%

Which has more risk & volatility, LMB or BBCP?

Limbach has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Concrete Pumping has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Limbach beats Concrete Pumping on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.