Shimmick (SHIM) Competitors

CONCRETE PUMPING (NASDAQ:BBCP) and Shimmick (NASDAQ:SHIM) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Do analysts prefer BBCP or SHIM?

CONCRETE PUMPING currently has a consensus price target of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.13%. Given CONCRETE PUMPING's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe CONCRETE PUMPING is more favorable than Shimmick.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CONCRETE PUMPING	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Shimmick	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BBCP or SHIM?

CONCRETE PUMPING has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Shimmick. Shimmick is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CONCRETE PUMPING, 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
CONCRETE PUMPING	$425.87M	0.82	$16.21M	$0.16	42.56
Shimmick	$480.24M	0.17	-$124.75M	-$1.71	-1.39

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of BBCP or SHIM?

34.2% of CONCRETE PUMPING shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.9% of Shimmick shares are held by institutional investors. 26.6% of CONCRETE PUMPING shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 67.1% of Shimmick shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, BBCP or SHIM?

CONCRETE PUMPING has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shimmick has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BBCP or SHIM more profitable?

CONCRETE PUMPING has a net margin of 2.65% compared to Shimmick's net margin of -11.21%. CONCRETE PUMPING's return on equity of 4.19% beat Shimmick's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CONCRETE PUMPING	2.65%	4.19%	1.30%
Shimmick	-11.21%	N/A	-20.10%

Does the media favor BBCP or SHIM?

In the previous week, CONCRETE PUMPING had 2 more articles in the media than Shimmick. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for CONCRETE PUMPING and 3 mentions for Shimmick. CONCRETE PUMPING's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Shimmick's score of 0.58 indicating that CONCRETE PUMPING is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CONCRETE PUMPING	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Shimmick	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

CONCRETE PUMPING beats Shimmick on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.