Concrete Pumping (BBCP) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LMB or BBCP?

Limbach received 94 more outperform votes than Concrete Pumping when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.62% of users gave Concrete Pumping an outperform vote while only 55.90% of users gave Limbach an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Limbach	Outperform Votes 218 55.90%	Underperform Votes 172 44.10%
Concrete Pumping	Outperform Votes 124 56.62%	Underperform Votes 95 43.38%

Do analysts recommend LMB or BBCP?

Limbach presently has a consensus target price of $95.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.84%. Concrete Pumping has a consensus target price of $7.31, suggesting a potential upside of 10.80%. Given Concrete Pumping's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Concrete Pumping is more favorable than Limbach.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Limbach	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Concrete Pumping	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Is LMB or BBCP more profitable?

Limbach has a net margin of 5.08% compared to Concrete Pumping's net margin of 3.72%. Limbach's return on equity of 20.16% beat Concrete Pumping's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Limbach	5.08%	20.16%	8.60%
Concrete Pumping	3.72%	6.17%	2.13%

Does the media prefer LMB or BBCP?

In the previous week, Limbach had 2 more articles in the media than Concrete Pumping. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Limbach and 1 mentions for Concrete Pumping. Limbach's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Concrete Pumping's score of 0.98 indicating that Limbach is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Limbach	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Concrete Pumping	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, LMB or BBCP?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Limbach	$517.82M	1.95	$20.75M	$2.20	40.80
Concrete Pumping	$434.59M	0.81	$31.79M	$0.26	25.38

Which has more risk and volatility, LMB or BBCP?

Limbach has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Concrete Pumping has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in LMB or BBCP?

55.8% of Limbach shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.2% of Concrete Pumping shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.2% of Limbach shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 27.4% of Concrete Pumping shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Limbach beats Concrete Pumping on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.