Shimmick (SHIM) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, LSEA or SHIM?

Landsea Homes has higher revenue and earnings than Shimmick. Shimmick is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Landsea Homes, 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	$1.46B	0.22	$29.24M	$0.72	12.24
Shimmick	$514.75M	0.16	-$2.55M	-$3.92	-0.63

Does the media favor LSEA or SHIM?

In the previous week, Landsea Homes and Landsea Homes both had 1 articles in the media. Shimmick's average media sentiment score of 1.92 beat Landsea Homes' score of 1.54 indicating that Shimmick is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Landsea Homes	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Shimmick	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is LSEA or SHIM more profitable?

Landsea Homes has a net margin of 1.82% compared to Shimmick's net margin of -20.16%. Landsea Homes' return on equity of 6.96% beat Shimmick's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Landsea Homes	1.82%	6.96%	2.92%
Shimmick	-20.16%	-355.53%	-26.15%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LSEA or SHIM?

Landsea Homes received 17 more outperform votes than Shimmick when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 44.44% of users gave Shimmick an outperform vote while only 38.89% of users gave Landsea Homes an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Landsea Homes	Outperform Votes 21 38.89%	Underperform Votes 33 61.11%
Shimmick	Outperform Votes 4 44.44%	Underperform Votes 5 55.56%

Do analysts recommend LSEA or SHIM?

Landsea Homes presently has a consensus target price of $15.50, indicating a potential upside of 75.94%. Shimmick has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.95%. Given Landsea Homes' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Landsea Homes is more favorable than Shimmick.

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
Shimmick	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

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

83.0% of Landsea Homes shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.9% of Shimmick shares are held by institutional investors. 51.0% of Landsea Homes shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 77.0% of Shimmick shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Landsea Homes beats Shimmick on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.