Latham Group (SWIM) Competitors

Concrete Pumping (NASDAQ:BBCP) and Latham Group (NASDAQ:SWIM) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BBCP or SWIM?

Concrete Pumping has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Latham Group. Concrete Pumping is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Latham Group, 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	$442.24M	0.80	$31.79M	$0.31	21.13
Latham Group	$539.40M	0.75	-$2.39M	$0.03	117.33

Is BBCP or SWIM more profitable?

Concrete Pumping has a net margin of 4.25% compared to Concrete Pumping's net margin of 0.76%. Latham Group's return on equity of 6.83% beat Concrete Pumping's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Concrete Pumping	4.25%	6.83%	2.32%
Latham Group	0.76%	1.05%	0.49%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BBCP or SWIM?

34.2% of Concrete Pumping shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.9% of Latham Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.4% of Concrete Pumping shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of Latham Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate BBCP or SWIM?

Concrete Pumping presently has a consensus target price of $8.25, suggesting a potential upside of 25.95%. Latham Group has a consensus target price of $3.20, suggesting a potential downside of 9.09%. Given Latham Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Concrete Pumping is more favorable than Latham Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Concrete Pumping	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Latham Group	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BBCP or SWIM?

Concrete Pumping received 91 more outperform votes than Latham Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.94% of users gave Concrete Pumping an outperform vote while only 36.78% of users gave Latham Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Concrete Pumping	Outperform Votes 123 56.94%	Underperform Votes 93 43.06%
Latham Group	Outperform Votes 32 36.78%	Underperform Votes 55 63.22%

Does the media favor BBCP or SWIM?

In the previous week, Latham Group had 1 more articles in the media than Concrete Pumping. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Latham Group and 2 mentions for Concrete Pumping. Latham Group's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Concrete Pumping's score of 0.74 indicating that Concrete Pumping is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Concrete Pumping	Positive
Latham Group	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, BBCP or SWIM?

Concrete Pumping has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Latham Group has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Concrete Pumping beats Latham Group on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.