Matrix Service (MTRX) Competitors

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

Is BBCP or MTRX more profitable?

Concrete Pumping has a net margin of 3.72% compared to Matrix Service's net margin of -3.43%. Concrete Pumping's return on equity of 6.17% beat Matrix Service's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Concrete Pumping	3.72%	6.17%	2.13%
Matrix Service	-3.43%	-16.87%	-6.92%

Which has more risk & volatility, BBCP or MTRX?

Concrete Pumping has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Matrix Service has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of BBCP or MTRX?

34.2% of Concrete Pumping shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.4% of Matrix Service shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.4% of Concrete Pumping shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Matrix Service shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer BBCP or MTRX?

In the previous week, Matrix Service had 1 more articles in the media than Concrete Pumping. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Matrix Service and 0 mentions for Concrete Pumping. Matrix Service's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Concrete Pumping's score of 0.00 indicating that Matrix Service is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Concrete Pumping	Neutral
Matrix Service	Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, BBCP or MTRX?

Concrete Pumping has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Matrix Service. Matrix Service 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	$442.24M	0.69	$31.79M	$0.26	21.92
Matrix Service	$728.21M	0.43	-$24.98M	-$0.91	-12.35

Do analysts recommend BBCP or MTRX?

Concrete Pumping currently has a consensus target price of $7.31, suggesting a potential upside of 28.29%. Matrix Service has a consensus target price of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 60.14%. Given Matrix Service's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Matrix Service is more favorable than Concrete Pumping.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Concrete Pumping	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Matrix Service	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BBCP or MTRX?

Matrix Service received 166 more outperform votes than Concrete Pumping when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.62% of users gave Concrete Pumping an outperform vote while only 56.09% of users gave Matrix Service an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Concrete Pumping	Outperform Votes 124 56.62%	Underperform Votes 95 43.38%
Matrix Service	Outperform Votes 290 56.09%	Underperform Votes 227 43.91%

Summary

Concrete Pumping beats Matrix Service on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.