Concrete Pumping (BBCP) Competitors

Concrete Pumping (NASDAQ:BBCP) and LGI Homes (NASDAQ:LGIH) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BBCP or LGIH?

LGI Homes has higher revenue and earnings than Concrete Pumping. LGI Homes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Concrete Pumping, 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
Concrete Pumping	$425.87M	0.85	$16.21M	$0.22	31.50
LGI Homes	$2.20B	0.64	$196.07M	$7.75	7.75

Which has more volatility and risk, BBCP or LGIH?

Concrete Pumping has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LGI Homes has a beta of 1.76, meaning that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in BBCP or LGIH?

34.2% of Concrete Pumping shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.9% of LGI Homes shares are held by institutional investors. 26.6% of Concrete Pumping shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.3% of LGI Homes shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BBCP or LGIH more profitable?

LGI Homes has a net margin of 8.46% compared to Concrete Pumping's net margin of 3.57%. LGI Homes' return on equity of 9.49% beat Concrete Pumping's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Concrete Pumping	3.57%	5.33%	1.73%
LGI Homes	8.46%	9.49%	5.00%

Do analysts prefer BBCP or LGIH?

Concrete Pumping currently has a consensus target price of $6.75, suggesting a potential downside of 2.60%. LGI Homes has a consensus target price of $93.33, suggesting a potential upside of 55.37%. Given LGI Homes' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe LGI Homes is more favorable than Concrete Pumping.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Concrete Pumping	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
LGI Homes	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media favor BBCP or LGIH?

In the previous week, LGI Homes had 4 more articles in the media than Concrete Pumping. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for LGI Homes and 2 mentions for Concrete Pumping. LGI Homes' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Concrete Pumping's score of 0.42 indicating that LGI Homes is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

LGI Homes beats Concrete Pumping on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.