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 (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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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