BBU vs. IBP, IESC, ROAD, GRBK, DFH, LGIH, LMB, LSEA, UHG, and BBCP
Should you be buying Brookfield Business Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brookfield Business Partners include Installed Building Products (IBP), IES (IESC), Construction Partners (ROAD), Green Brick Partners (GRBK), Dream Finders Homes (DFH), LGI Homes (LGIH), Limbach (LMB), Landsea Homes (LSEA), United Homes Group (UHG), and Concrete Pumping (BBCP). These companies are all part of the "construction" industry.
Brookfield Business Partners vs.
Installed Building Products (NYSE:IBP) and Brookfield Business Partners (NYSE:BBU) are both construction companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and earnings.
Installed Building Products pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Brookfield Business Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Installed Building Products pays out 15.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield Business Partners pays out 3.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Brookfield Business Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Installed Building Products received 57 more outperform votes than Brookfield Business Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.01% of users gave Brookfield Business Partners an outperform vote while only 63.93% of users gave Installed Building Products an outperform vote.
99.6% of Installed Building Products shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.0% of Brookfield Business Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 16.5% of Installed Building Products shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Installed Building Products had 10 more articles in the media than Brookfield Business Partners. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Installed Building Products and 4 mentions for Brookfield Business Partners. Brookfield Business Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Installed Building Products' score of 0.92 indicating that Brookfield Business Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Brookfield Business Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Installed Building Products. Brookfield Business Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Installed Building Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Installed Building Products currently has a consensus price target of $252.30, suggesting a potential upside of 20.99%. Brookfield Business Partners has a consensus price target of $31.40, suggesting a potential upside of 33.28%. Given Brookfield Business Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Brookfield Business Partners is more favorable than Installed Building Products.
Brookfield Business Partners has a net margin of 11.77% compared to Installed Building Products' net margin of 8.74%. Installed Building Products' return on equity of 43.56% beat Brookfield Business Partners' return on equity.
Installed Building Products has a beta of 1.95, indicating that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Business Partners has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Installed Building Products and Brookfield Business Partners tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BBU) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
