Landsea Homes (LSEA) Competitors

Landsea Homes (NASDAQ:LSEA) and Limbach (NASDAQ:LMB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Which has more risk and volatility, LSEA or LMB?

Landsea Homes has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Limbach has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings & valuation, LSEA or LMB?

Landsea Homes has higher revenue and earnings than Limbach. Landsea Homes 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
Landsea Homes	$1.21B	0.25	$29.24M	$0.72	11.40
Limbach	$516.35M	2.21	$20.75M	$2.20	46.10

Is LSEA or LMB more profitable?

Limbach has a net margin of 5.08% compared to Landsea Homes' net margin of 1.82%. Limbach's return on equity of 20.16% beat Landsea Homes' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Landsea Homes	1.82%	6.96%	2.92%
Limbach	5.08%	20.16%	8.60%

Do analysts prefer LSEA or LMB?

Landsea Homes presently has a consensus target price of $14.75, indicating a potential upside of 79.77%. Limbach has a consensus target price of $95.00, indicating a potential downside of 6.33%. Given Landsea Homes' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Landsea Homes is more favorable than Limbach.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Landsea Homes	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Limbach	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LSEA or LMB?

Limbach received 197 more outperform votes than Landsea Homes when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.90% of users gave Limbach an outperform vote while only 38.18% of users gave Landsea Homes an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Landsea Homes	Outperform Votes 21 38.18%	Underperform Votes 34 61.82%
Limbach	Outperform Votes 218 55.90%	Underperform Votes 172 44.10%

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

83.0% of Landsea Homes shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.9% of Limbach shares are owned by institutional investors. 51.0% of Landsea Homes shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of Limbach 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.

Does the media prefer LSEA or LMB?

In the previous week, Landsea Homes had 5 more articles in the media than Limbach. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Landsea Homes and 1 mentions for Limbach. Limbach's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Landsea Homes' score of -0.26 indicating that Limbach is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Landsea Homes	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Limbach	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Limbach beats Landsea Homes on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.