Skyline Champion (NYSE:SKY) and The Berkeley Group (OTCMKTS:BKGFF) Head-To-Head Survey

Skyline Champion (NYSE:SKY) and The Berkeley Group (OTCMKTS:BKGFF) are both construction companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Skyline Champion and The Berkeley Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Skyline Champion	0	3	2	0	2.40
The Berkeley Group	0	1	1	0	2.50

Skyline Champion presently has a consensus target price of $69.80, indicating a potential upside of 2.09%. Given Skyline Champion’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Skyline Champion is more favorable than The Berkeley Group.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Skyline Champion and The Berkeley Group’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Skyline Champion	$2.61 billion	1.50	$401.80 million	$5.84	11.71
The Berkeley Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.62	18.97

Skyline Champion has higher revenue and earnings than The Berkeley Group. Skyline Champion is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Berkeley Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Skyline Champion and The Berkeley Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Skyline Champion	14.32%	28.09%	21.67%
The Berkeley Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

45.9% of The Berkeley Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.0% of Skyline Champion shares are owned 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.

Summary

Skyline Champion beats The Berkeley Group on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Skyline Champion

Skyline Champion Corporation produces and sells factory-built housing in North America. The company offers manufactured and modular homes, park models RVs, accessory dwelling units, and modular buildings for the multi-family and hospitality sectors. It builds homes under the Skyline Homes, Champion Home Builders, Genesis Homes, Athens Park Models, Dutch Housing, Atlantic Homes, Excel Homes, Homes of Merit, New Era, Redman Homes, ScotBilt Homes, Shore Park, Silvercrest, and Titan Homes brands in the United States; and Moduline and SRI Homes brand names in western Canada. The company also provides construction services to install and set-up factory-built homes; operates a factory-direct manufactured home retail business under the Titan Factory Direct and Champion Homes Center brand names with 31 sales centers in the United States; and engages in the transportation of manufactured homes and recreational vehicles. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Troy, Michigan.

About The Berkeley Group

The Berkeley Group Holdings plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the residential-led and mixed-use property development and ancillary activities in the United Kingdom. The company is involved in land selling activities. It operates under the Berkeley, St Edward, St George, St James, St Joseph, and St William brand names. The Berkeley Group Holdings plc was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Cobham, the United Kingdom.