Limbach (LMB) Competitors

Limbach (NASDAQ:LMB) and Green Brick Partners (NASDAQ:GRBK) are both construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Which has better earnings and valuation, LMB or GRBK?

Green Brick Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Limbach. Green Brick Partners 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	$518.78M	1.75	$20.75M	$2.58	30.96
Green Brick Partners	$2.10B	1.20	$284.63M	$8.43	6.72

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of LMB or GRBK?

55.8% of Limbach shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.2% of Green Brick Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.2% of Limbach shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.5% of Green Brick Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LMB or GRBK?

Green Brick Partners received 7 more outperform votes than Limbach when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.58% of users gave Green Brick Partners an outperform vote while only 56.09% of users gave Limbach an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Limbach	Outperform Votes 221 56.09%	Underperform Votes 173 43.91%
Green Brick Partners	Outperform Votes 228 57.58%	Underperform Votes 168 42.42%

Does the media refer more to LMB or GRBK?

In the previous week, Limbach had 1 more articles in the media than Green Brick Partners. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Limbach and 7 mentions for Green Brick Partners. Limbach's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Green Brick Partners' score of 0.92 indicating that Limbach is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Limbach	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Green Brick Partners	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate LMB or GRBK?

Limbach presently has a consensus price target of $102.67, suggesting a potential upside of 28.53%. Green Brick Partners has a consensus price target of $74.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.59%. Given Green Brick Partners' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Green Brick Partners 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)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Green Brick Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more volatility and risk, LMB or GRBK?

Limbach has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Green Brick Partners has a beta of 1.82, meaning that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is LMB or GRBK more profitable?

Green Brick Partners has a net margin of 17.70% compared to Limbach's net margin of 5.08%. Green Brick Partners' return on equity of 25.35% beat Limbach's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Limbach	5.08%	20.16%	8.60%
Green Brick Partners	17.70%	25.35%	17.29%

Summary

Green Brick Partners beats Limbach on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.