LMB vs. AMRC, BBU, AGX, BBCP, MTRX, SMXT, WLGS, CSCW, APG, and BLD
Should you be buying Limbach stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Limbach include Ameresco (AMRC), Brookfield Business Partners (BBU), Argan (AGX), Concrete Pumping (BBCP), Matrix Service (MTRX), SolarMax Technology (SMXT), WANG & LEE GROUP (WLGS), Color Star Technology (CSCW), APi Group (APG), and TopBuild (BLD).
Ameresco (NYSE:AMRC) and Limbach (NASDAQ:LMB) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
Ameresco has higher revenue and earnings than Limbach. Ameresco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Limbach, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
99.2% of Ameresco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.9% of Limbach shares are owned by institutional investors. 42.0% of Ameresco shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of Limbach 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.
Ameresco currently has a consensus target price of $40.85, indicating a potential upside of 32.23%. Limbach has a consensus target price of $39.00, indicating a potential downside of 38.82%. Given Limbach's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Ameresco is more favorable than Limbach.
Limbach has a net margin of 4.93% compared to Limbach's net margin of 4.17%. Ameresco's return on equity of 21.75% beat Limbach's return on equity.
In the previous week, Ameresco and Ameresco both had 8 articles in the media. Ameresco's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Limbach's score of 0.70 indicating that Limbach is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ameresco received 185 more outperform votes than Limbach when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.86% of users gave Ameresco an outperform vote while only 55.76% of users gave Limbach an outperform vote.
Ameresco has a beta of 1.78, meaning that its stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Limbach has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Ameresco beats Limbach on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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