LGI Homes (LGIH) Competitors

IES (NASDAQ:IESC) and LGI Homes (NASDAQ:LGIH) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, IESC or LGIH?

IES has higher revenue and earnings than LGI Homes. LGI Homes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IES, 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
IES	$3.13B	1.54	$201.98M	$11.95	20.24
LGI Homes	$2.16B	0.56	$199.23M	$7.75	6.67

Is IESC or LGIH more profitable?

LGI Homes has a net margin of 8.75% compared to IES's net margin of 7.30%. IES's return on equity of 35.81% beat LGI Homes' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IES	7.30%	35.81%	17.78%
LGI Homes	8.75%	10.32%	5.46%

Do analysts recommend IESC or LGIH?

LGI Homes has a consensus target price of $111.67, indicating a potential upside of 116.07%. Given LGI Homes' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe LGI Homes is more favorable than IES.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IES	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
LGI Homes	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of IESC or LGIH?

86.6% of IES shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.9% of LGI Homes shares are owned by institutional investors. 56.8% of IES shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.3% of LGI Homes shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, IESC or LGIH?

IES has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LGI Homes has a beta of 1.93, meaning that its stock price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor IESC or LGIH?

In the previous week, IES had 6 more articles in the media than LGI Homes. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for IES and 6 mentions for LGI Homes. IES's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat LGI Homes' score of 0.89 indicating that IES is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
IES	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
LGI Homes	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IESC or LGIH?

LGI Homes received 242 more outperform votes than IES when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.14% of users gave IES an outperform vote while only 59.53% of users gave LGI Homes an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
IES	Outperform Votes 186 64.14%	Underperform Votes 104 35.86%
LGI Homes	Outperform Votes 428 59.53%	Underperform Votes 291 40.47%

Summary

IES beats LGI Homes on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.