Limbach (LMB) Competitors

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

Is GRBK or LMB 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
Green Brick Partners	17.70%	25.35%	17.29%
Limbach	5.08%	20.16%	8.60%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GRBK or LMB?

Green Brick Partners received 10 more outperform votes than Limbach when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.72% of users gave Green Brick Partners an outperform vote while only 55.90% of users gave Limbach an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Green Brick Partners	Outperform Votes 228 57.72%	Underperform Votes 167 42.28%
Limbach	Outperform Votes 218 55.90%	Underperform Votes 172 44.10%

Which has more risk and volatility, GRBK or LMB?

Green Brick Partners has a beta of 1.84, indicating that its stock price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Limbach has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in GRBK or LMB?

78.2% of Green Brick Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.9% of Limbach shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.5% of Green Brick Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of Limbach shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate GRBK or LMB?

Green Brick Partners presently has a consensus target price of $69.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.31%. Limbach has a consensus target price of $95.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.94%. Given Green Brick Partners' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Green Brick Partners is more favorable than Limbach.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Green Brick Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Limbach	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has better earnings and valuation, GRBK or LMB?

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
Green Brick Partners	$1.78B	1.50	$284.63M	$7.70	7.77
Limbach	$516.35M	2.03	$20.75M	$2.20	42.36

Does the media favor GRBK or LMB?

In the previous week, Green Brick Partners had 1 more articles in the media than Limbach. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Green Brick Partners and 4 mentions for Limbach. Green Brick Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Limbach's score of 0.84 indicating that Green Brick Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Green Brick Partners	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Limbach	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Green Brick Partners beats Limbach on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.