MTRX vs. BBCP, LMB, AGX, AMRC, SMXT, SMLP, IREN, WTI, UROY, and NGS
Should you be buying Matrix Service stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Matrix Service include Concrete Pumping (BBCP), Limbach (LMB), Argan (AGX), Ameresco (AMRC), SolarMax Technology (SMXT), Summit Midstream Partners (SMLP), Iris Energy (IREN), W&T Offshore (WTI), Uranium Royalty (UROY), and Natural Gas Services Group (NGS).
Matrix Service (NASDAQ:MTRX) and Concrete Pumping (NASDAQ:BBCP) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, valuation, profitability, community ranking, risk and institutional ownership.
Concrete Pumping has a net margin of 4.81% compared to Matrix Service's net margin of -2.49%. Concrete Pumping's return on equity of 7.76% beat Matrix Service's return on equity.
Matrix Service has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Concrete Pumping has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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 55.88% of users gave Matrix Service an outperform vote.
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.
In the previous week, Matrix Service and Matrix Service both had 4 articles in the media. Concrete Pumping's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Matrix Service's score of 0.20 indicating that Concrete Pumping is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Matrix Service currently has a consensus target price of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 29.65%. Concrete Pumping has a consensus target price of $8.50, indicating a potential upside of 27.25%. Given Matrix Service's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Matrix Service is more favorable than Concrete Pumping.
Summary
Concrete Pumping beats Matrix Service on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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