MTRX vs. BBCP, LMB, TPC, AGX, GLDD, NWPX, ORN, AMRC, APG, and PWR
Should you be buying Matrix Service stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Matrix Service include Concrete Pumping (BBCP), Limbach (LMB), Tutor Perini (TPC), Argan (AGX), Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD), Northwest Pipe (NWPX), Orion Group (ORN), Ameresco (AMRC), APi Group (APG), and Quanta Services (PWR).
Matrix Service (NASDAQ:MTRX) and Concrete Pumping (NASDAQ:BBCP) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and dividends.
78.4% of Matrix Service shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.2% of Concrete Pumping shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Matrix Service shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 27.4% of Concrete Pumping shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Matrix Service has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Concrete Pumping has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Matrix Service presently has a consensus target price of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.17%. Concrete Pumping has a consensus target price of $8.50, indicating a potential upside of 18.55%. Given Matrix Service's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Matrix Service is more favorable than Concrete Pumping.
In the previous week, Matrix Service had 3 more articles in the media than Concrete Pumping. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Matrix Service and 2 mentions for Concrete Pumping. Matrix Service's average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Concrete Pumping's score of 0.94 indicating that Matrix Service is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Concrete Pumping has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Matrix Service. Matrix Service is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Concrete Pumping, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Concrete Pumping has a net margin of 4.81% compared to Matrix Service's net margin of -2.81%. Concrete Pumping's return on equity of 7.76% beat Matrix Service's return on equity.
Matrix Service received 164 more outperform votes than Concrete Pumping when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.08% of users gave Concrete Pumping an outperform vote while only 55.77% of users gave Matrix Service an outperform vote.
Summary
Matrix Service and Concrete Pumping tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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