Limbach (LMB) Competitors

Limbach (NASDAQ:LMB) and IES (NASDAQ:IESC) are both construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Do analysts prefer LMB or IESC?

Limbach currently has a consensus target price of $102.67, suggesting a potential downside of 0.52%. Given Limbach's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Limbach is more favorable than IES.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Limbach	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
IES	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, LMB or IESC?

IES has higher revenue and earnings than Limbach. IES 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	$518.78M	2.31	$20.75M	$2.58	40.00
IES	$3.00B	1.59	$201.98M	$10.74	22.18

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LMB or IESC?

Limbach received 35 more outperform votes than IES when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.14% of users gave IES an outperform vote while only 56.09% of users gave Limbach an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Limbach	Outperform Votes 221 56.09%	Underperform Votes 173 43.91%
IES	Outperform Votes 186 64.14%	Underperform Votes 104 35.86%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of LMB or IESC?

55.8% of Limbach shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of IES shares are held by institutional investors. 10.2% of Limbach shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 56.8% of IES shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is LMB or IESC more profitable?

IES has a net margin of 7.30% compared to Limbach's net margin of 5.08%. IES's return on equity of 35.81% beat Limbach's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Limbach	5.08%	20.16%	8.60%
IES	7.30%	35.81%	17.78%

Which has more risk and volatility, LMB or IESC?

Limbach has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IES has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer LMB or IESC?

In the previous week, IES had 6 more articles in the media than Limbach. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for IES and 7 mentions for Limbach. IES's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Limbach's score of 1.16 indicating that IES is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Limbach	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
IES	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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