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Brookfield Business Partners (BBU) Competitors

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$22.48
+0.22 (+0.99%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

BBU vs. IESC, ROAD, GRBK, DFH, LGIH, LMB, DHHC, PGHL, LSEA, and BBCP

Should you be buying Brookfield Business Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brookfield Business Partners include IES (IESC), Construction Partners (ROAD), Green Brick Partners (GRBK), Dream Finders Homes (DFH), LGI Homes (LGIH), Limbach (LMB), DiamondHead (DHHC), Primega Group (PGHL), Landsea Homes (LSEA), and Concrete Pumping (BBCP). These companies are all part of the "construction" industry.

Brookfield Business Partners vs.

Brookfield Business Partners (NYSE:BBU) and IES (NASDAQ:IESC) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.

In the previous week, Brookfield Business Partners had 4 more articles in the media than IES. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Brookfield Business Partners and 4 mentions for IES. Brookfield Business Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat IES's score of 0.85 indicating that Brookfield Business Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Business Partners
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
IES
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Brookfield Business Partners received 102 more outperform votes than IES when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.01% of users gave Brookfield Business Partners an outperform vote while only 64.66% of users gave IES an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Brookfield Business PartnersOutperform Votes
285
69.01%
Underperform Votes
128
30.99%
IESOutperform Votes
183
64.66%
Underperform Votes
100
35.34%

Brookfield Business Partners has a net margin of 7.34% compared to IES's net margin of 6.30%. IES's return on equity of 34.38% beat Brookfield Business Partners' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Brookfield Business Partners7.34% 21.76% 4.56%
IES 6.30%34.38%16.39%

85.0% of Brookfield Business Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of IES shares are held by institutional investors. 59.2% of IES shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Brookfield Business Partners has higher revenue and earnings than IES. Brookfield Business Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IES, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Brookfield Business Partners$55.07B0.03$482M$6.513.45
IES$2.76B1.69$92.59M$8.4927.40

Brookfield Business Partners has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IES has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Brookfield Business Partners presently has a consensus target price of $31.40, indicating a potential upside of 39.65%. Given Brookfield Business Partners' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Brookfield Business Partners is more favorable than IES.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Brookfield Business Partners
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.17
IES
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

Summary

Brookfield Business Partners beats IES on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BBU vs. The Competition

MetricBrookfield Business PartnersConstruction IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.67B$2.25B$6.60B$19.27B
Dividend Yield1.14%1.12%2.62%3.53%
P/E Ratio3.4513.3242.5943.29
Price / Sales0.031.49209.8514.55
Price / Cash0.2216.6925.0920.89
Price / Book0.093.104.575.40
Net Income$482M$239.52M$114.67M$985.39M
7 Day Performance3.71%0.86%0.69%-0.71%
1 Month Performance-5.84%0.72%1.36%-0.98%
1 Year Performance66.19%72.78%23.74%25.02%

Brookfield Business Partners Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BBU
Brookfield Business Partners
4.7052 of 5 stars
$22.49
+1.0%
$31.40
+39.6%
+71.2%$1.67B$55.07B3.4572,000Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
IESC
IES
2.7227 of 5 stars
$212.46
+2.1%
N/A+274.4%$4.24B$2.38B25.028,427Positive News
ROAD
Construction Partners
3.1752 of 5 stars
$78.80
+1.7%
$69.00
-12.4%
+98.9%$4.16B$1.56B58.374,014
GRBK
Green Brick Partners
1.2357 of 5 stars
$76.53
+2.1%
$69.00
-9.8%
+64.9%$3.44B$1.88B10.51600Earnings Report
News Coverage
DFH
Dream Finders Homes
2.167 of 5 stars
$32.15
+0.4%
$32.17
+0.1%
+52.0%$3.00B$3.92B10.341,236Earnings Report
News Coverage
Gap Up
LGIH
LGI Homes
2.6364 of 5 stars
$105.20
+2.3%
$126.00
+19.8%
+2.5%$2.48B$2.22B12.781,089Upcoming Earnings
LMB
Limbach
2.802 of 5 stars
$78.80
+2.1%
N/A+154.3%$888.08M$516.35M35.981,400Upcoming Earnings
DHHC
DiamondHead
N/A$12.68
-4.0%
N/A-19.6%$546.89MN/A0.002Gap Up
PGHL
Primega Group
N/A$21.92
+6.2%
N/AN/A$526.08M$13.46M0.00N/APositive News
LSEA
Landsea Homes
4.4595 of 5 stars
$11.15
+0.8%
$14.67
+31.5%
+32.7%$403.40M$1.40B17.42380Upcoming Earnings
BBCP
Concrete Pumping
3.1225 of 5 stars
$5.62
+3.1%
$7.31
+30.1%
-20.1%$300.84M$442.24M21.621,720Positive News

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