Gibraltar Industries (NASDAQ:ROCK) vs. Everus Construction Group (NYSE:ECG) Financial Analysis

Gibraltar Industries (NASDAQ:ROCK) and Everus Construction Group (NYSE:ECG) are both construction companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Gibraltar Industries and Everus Construction Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gibraltar Industries	$1.31 billion	1.12	$137.34 million	$0.08	618.00
Everus Construction Group	$2.85 billion	1.53	$143.42 million	$3.53	24.20

Everus Construction Group has higher revenue and earnings than Gibraltar Industries. Everus Construction Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gibraltar Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Gibraltar Industries and Everus Construction Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gibraltar Industries	1	1	0	1	2.33
Everus Construction Group	0	2	2	1	2.80

Everus Construction Group has a consensus price target of $100.33, suggesting a potential upside of 17.46%. Given Everus Construction Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Everus Construction Group is more favorable than Gibraltar Industries.

Profitability

This table compares Gibraltar Industries and Everus Construction Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gibraltar Industries	0.35%	12.58%	8.82%
Everus Construction Group	5.18%	36.74%	12.59%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

98.4% of Gibraltar Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Gibraltar Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Everus Construction Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

Gibraltar Industries has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Everus Construction Group has a beta of 3.84, suggesting that its share price is 284% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Everus Construction Group beats Gibraltar Industries on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Gibraltar Industries

Gibraltar Industries, Inc. manufactures and provides products and services for the renewable energy, residential, agtech, and infrastructure markets in the United States and internationally. It operates through four segments: Renewables, Residential, Agtech, and Infrastructure. The Renewables segment designs, engineers, manufactures, and installs solar racking and electrical balance of systems for commercial and distributed generation scale solar installations. The Residential segment offers roof and foundation ventilation products and accessories; mail and electronic package solutions, including single mailboxes, cluster style mail and parcel boxes for single and multi-family housing, and electronic package locker systems; roof edgings and flashings; soffits and trims; drywall corner beads; metal roofing and accessories; rain dispersion products comprising gutters and accessories; and exterior retractable awnings. This segment also provides electronic parcel lockers, pipe flashings, and remote-controlled deck awnings and valances for sun protection. The Agtech segment offers growing and processing solutions, including the designing, engineering, manufacturing, construction, maintenance, and support of greenhouses; and indoor growing operations for retail, fruits and vegetables, flowers, cannabis, commercial, institutional and conservatories, and car wash structure applications. The Infrastructure segment offers expansion joints, structural bearings, rubber pre-formed seals and other sealants, elastomeric concrete, and bridge cable protection systems. It serves solar developers, home improvement retailers, wholesalers, distributors, and contractors, as well as institutional and commercial growers of fruit, vegetables, flowers, and plants. Gibraltar Industries, Inc. was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Buffalo, New York.

About Everus Construction Group

Everus Construction Group is providing a full spectrum of construction services through its electrical and mechanical and transmission and distribution specialty contracting services principally in United States. Its specialty contracting services are provided to utility, transportation, commercial, industrial, institutional, renewable and other customers. Everus Construction Group is based in BISMARCK, N.D.