Northwest Pipe (NWPX) Competitors

Northwest Pipe (NASDAQ:NWPX) and Tutor Perini (NYSE:TPC) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, profitability and dividends.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, NWPX or TPC?

Northwest Pipe has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Tutor Perini. Tutor Perini is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Northwest Pipe, 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
Northwest Pipe	$492.55M	0.84	$21.07M	$3.40	12.21
Tutor Perini	$122.34B	0.01	-$171.15M	-$3.11	-6.58

Is NWPX or TPC more profitable?

Northwest Pipe has a net margin of 6.12% compared to Tutor Perini's net margin of -3.08%. Northwest Pipe's return on equity of 8.47% beat Tutor Perini's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Northwest Pipe	6.12%	8.47%	4.79%
Tutor Perini	-3.08%	-9.56%	-2.81%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in NWPX or TPC?

80.6% of Northwest Pipe shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.0% of Tutor Perini shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Northwest Pipe shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.3% of Tutor Perini shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend NWPX or TPC?

Northwest Pipe currently has a consensus target price of $55.00, indicating a potential upside of 32.53%. Tutor Perini has a consensus target price of $39.00, indicating a potential upside of 90.46%. Given Tutor Perini's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Tutor Perini is more favorable than Northwest Pipe.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Northwest Pipe	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Tutor Perini	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Which has more risk and volatility, NWPX or TPC?

Northwest Pipe has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tutor Perini has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NWPX or TPC?

Tutor Perini received 83 more outperform votes than Northwest Pipe when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.78% of users gave Tutor Perini an outperform vote while only 57.17% of users gave Northwest Pipe an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Northwest Pipe	Outperform Votes 283 57.17%	Underperform Votes 212 42.83%
Tutor Perini	Outperform Votes 366 64.78%	Underperform Votes 199 35.22%

Does the media favor NWPX or TPC?

In the previous week, Tutor Perini had 7 more articles in the media than Northwest Pipe. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Tutor Perini and 3 mentions for Northwest Pipe. Northwest Pipe's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Tutor Perini's score of 0.92 indicating that Northwest Pipe is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Northwest Pipe	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Tutor Perini	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Tutor Perini beats Northwest Pipe on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.