Shimmick (SHIM) Competitors

Shimmick (NASDAQ:SHIM) and Landsea Homes (NASDAQ:LSEA) 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 institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer SHIM or LSEA?

Shimmick currently has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.11%. Landsea Homes has a consensus target price of $14.75, indicating a potential upside of 81.20%. Given Landsea Homes' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Landsea Homes is more favorable than Shimmick.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Shimmick	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Landsea Homes	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SHIM or LSEA?

6.9% of Shimmick shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of Landsea Homes shares are held by institutional investors. 77.0% of Shimmick shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 51.0% of Landsea Homes shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is SHIM or LSEA 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
Shimmick	-20.16%	-355.53%	-26.15%
Landsea Homes	1.82%	6.96%	2.92%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SHIM or LSEA?

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 38.18% of users gave Landsea Homes an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Shimmick	Outperform Votes 4 44.44%	Underperform Votes 5 55.56%
Landsea Homes	Outperform Votes 21 38.18%	Underperform Votes 34 61.82%

Does the media favor SHIM or LSEA?

In the previous week, Landsea Homes had 3 more articles in the media than Shimmick. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Landsea Homes and 2 mentions for Shimmick. Shimmick's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Landsea Homes' score of -0.31 indicating that Shimmick is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Shimmick	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Landsea Homes	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, SHIM or LSEA?

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
Shimmick	$632.81M	0.14	-$2.55M	-$3.92	-0.69
Landsea Homes	$1.21B	0.24	$29.24M	$0.72	11.31

Which has more risk and volatility, SHIM or LSEA?

Shimmick has a beta of 0.05, meaning that its stock price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Landsea Homes has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Landsea Homes beats Shimmick on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.