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NYSE:AGX

Argan (AGX) Competitors

$45.80
+0.84 (+1.87%)
(As of 10/4/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$44.41
$45.84
50-Day Range
$37.58
$46.25
52-Week Range
$31.64
$46.80
Volume
47,243 shs
Average Volume
67,705 shs
Market Capitalization
$610.06 million
P/E Ratio
17.20
Dividend Yield
2.18%
Price Target
N/A

AGX vs. LMB, HOV, NOA, GLDD, LOMA, ASPN, EVA, BXC, LYTS, and BZH

Should you be buying Argan stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Argan include Limbach (LMB), Hovnanian Enterprises (HOV), North American Construction Group (NOA), Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD), Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima (LOMA), Aspen Aerogels (ASPN), Enviva (EVA), BlueLinx (BXC), LSI Industries (LYTS), and Beazer Homes USA (BZH). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.

Argan vs.

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

Argan has a net margin of 7.53% compared to Limbach's net margin of 3.08%. Limbach's return on equity of 18.30% beat Argan's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Argan7.53% 13.00% 7.71%
Limbach 3.08%18.30%6.40%

Limbach has a consensus target price of $32.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.50%. Given Limbach's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Limbach is more favorable than Argan.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Argan
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Limbach
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Limbach had 3 more articles in the media than Argan. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Limbach and 0 mentions for Argan. Argan's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Limbach's score of 0.29 indicating that Argan is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Argan Positive
Limbach Neutral

Argan received 102 more outperform votes than Limbach when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.04% of users gave Argan an outperform vote while only 55.17% of users gave Limbach an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ArganOutperform Votes
310
69.04%
Underperform Votes
139
30.96%
LimbachOutperform Votes
208
55.17%
Underperform Votes
169
44.83%

Argan has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Limbach has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Argan has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Limbach. Argan is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Limbach, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Argan$455.04M1.34$33.10M$2.6617.17
Limbach$496.78M0.66$6.80M$1.4220.97

79.2% of Argan shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.4% of Limbach shares are held by institutional investors. 11.5% of Argan shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.5% of Limbach shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Argan beats Limbach on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.


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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AGX vs. The Competition

MetricArganConstruction IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$608.32M$5.85B$6.45B$14.68B
Dividend Yield2.20%1.95%2.30%3.84%
P/E Ratio17.1758.9313.7219.23
Price / Sales1.340.8412.908.33
Price / Cash16.8010.7213.5816.88
Price / Book2.211.883.016.38
Net Income$33.10M$120.52M$547.49M$899.70M
7 Day Performance-1.25%-9.81%-1.24%-3.02%
1 Month Performance7.08%-7.46%-7.22%-8.20%
1 Year Performance35.40%37.42%22.37%0.48%

Argan Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LMB
Limbach
2.2465 of 5 stars
$30.20
-2.6%
$32.00
+6.0%
+265.5%$332.20M$496.78M21.271,500Positive News
HOV
Hovnanian Enterprises
2.3419 of 5 stars
$99.19
-1.9%
N/A+141.7%$604.07M$2.92B4.651,866Short Interest ↓
NOA
North American Construction Group
2.9228 of 5 stars
$22.23
-2.4%
$29.50
+32.7%
+106.5%$587.32M$591.92M11.342,042
GLDD
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock
2.1533 of 5 stars
$7.89
+1.0%
N/A-4.8%$519.30M$595.72M-12.33429Short Interest ↓
LOMA
Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima
2.4331 of 5 stars
$5.89
+0.3%
N/A-9.9%$689.60M$1.14B-147.252,886
ASPN
Aspen Aerogels
2.213 of 5 stars
$7.35
+7.3%
$23.88
+225.1%
-28.1%$515.69M$180.36M-5.21533News Coverage
EVA
Enviva
1.9285 of 5 stars
$6.80
-1.7%
$28.60
+320.6%
-88.7%$506.06M$1.09B-1.681,386Analyst Report
Short Interest ↑
BXC
BlueLinx
2.4722 of 5 stars
$82.02
-0.1%
$105.00
+28.0%
+18.1%$738.18M$4.45B5.652,100
LYTS
LSI Industries
2.7643 of 5 stars
$15.59
-0.6%
$19.67
+26.1%
+103.1%$449.40M$496.98M17.721,627Positive News
BZH
Beazer Homes USA
2.5368 of 5 stars
$24.58
-1.6%
$35.33
+43.7%
+124.1%$770.34M$2.32B3.981,129Short Interest ↑

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