Southland (SLND) Competitors

CONCRETE PUMPING (NASDAQ:BBCP) and Southland (NASDAQ:SLND) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Which has better earnings and valuation, BBCP or SLND?

CONCRETE PUMPING has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Southland. Southland 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	0.89	$16.21M	$0.16	46.00
Southland	$895.44M	0.27	-$19.25M	-$1.50	-2.94

Is BBCP or SLND more profitable?

CONCRETE PUMPING has a net margin of 2.65% compared to Southland's net margin of -10.38%. CONCRETE PUMPING's return on equity of 4.19% beat Southland's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CONCRETE PUMPING	2.65%	4.19%	1.30%
Southland	-10.38%	-47.71%	-8.75%

Does the media refer more to BBCP or SLND?

In the previous week, CONCRETE PUMPING had 2 more articles in the media than Southland. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for CONCRETE PUMPING and 0 mentions for Southland. CONCRETE PUMPING's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Southland'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
CONCRETE PUMPING	Neutral
Southland	Neutral

Do analysts rate BBCP or SLND?

CONCRETE PUMPING presently has a consensus target price of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 1.90%. Southland has a consensus target price of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 2.04%. Given Southland's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Southland is more favorable than CONCRETE PUMPING.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CONCRETE PUMPING	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Southland	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BBCP or SLND?

34.2% of CONCRETE PUMPING shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.8% of Southland shares are held by institutional investors. 26.6% of CONCRETE PUMPING shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 79.0% of Southland shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, BBCP or SLND?

CONCRETE PUMPING has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southland has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

CONCRETE PUMPING beats Southland on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.