AGX vs. LMB, LOMA, BZH, HOV, BXC, NOA, CINT, NX, GLDD, and LYTS
Should you be buying Argan stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Argan include Limbach (LMB), Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima (LOMA), Beazer Homes USA (BZH), Hovnanian Enterprises (HOV), BlueLinx (BXC), North American Construction Group (NOA), CI&T (CINT), Quanex Building Products (NX), Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD), and LSI Industries (LYTS). 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 better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, community ranking, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.
Argan has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Limbach has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Limbach had 1 more articles in the media than Argan. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Limbach and 2 mentions for Argan. Argan's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Limbach's score of 0.65 indicating that Argan is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Argan has higher revenue and earnings than Limbach. Limbach is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Argan, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Argan has a net margin of 5.64% compared to Limbach's net margin of 4.02%. Limbach's return on equity of 18.87% beat Argan's return on equity.
Argan presently has a consensus price target of $70.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.04%. Limbach has a consensus price target of $39.00, suggesting a potential downside of 13.93%. Given Argan's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Argan is more favorable than Limbach.
79.4% of Argan shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.9% of Limbach shares are held by institutional investors. 11.5% of Argan shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.5% of Limbach shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Argan received 101 more outperform votes than Limbach when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.32% of users gave Argan an outperform vote while only 55.76% of users gave Limbach an outperform vote.
Summary
Argan beats Limbach on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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