Everus Construction Group (NYSE:ECG) & Latham Group (NASDAQ:SWIM) Financial Survey

Latham Group (NASDAQ:SWIM) and Everus Construction Group (NYSE:ECG) are both construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

84.0% of Latham Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Latham Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Everus Construction Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

Latham Group has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Everus Construction Group has a beta of 2.23, meaning that its share price is 123% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Latham Group	1.55%	2.13%	1.02%
Everus Construction Group	5.65%	37.17%	13.38%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Latham Group and Everus Construction Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Latham Group	2	3	2	0	2.00
Everus Construction Group	0	5	3	1	2.56

Latham Group presently has a consensus target price of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 36.36%. Everus Construction Group has a consensus target price of $155.67, indicating a potential upside of 12.64%. Given Latham Group’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Latham Group is more favorable than Everus Construction Group.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Latham Group and Everus Construction Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Latham Group	$545.91 million	1.18	$11.12 million	$0.07	78.57
Everus Construction Group	$3.75 billion	1.88	$201.77 million	$4.36	31.70

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

Summary

Everus Construction Group beats Latham Group on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Latham Group

Latham Group, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets in-ground residential swimming pools in North America, Australia, and New Zealand. It offers a portfolio of pools and related products, including in-ground swimming pools that include fiber glass and packaged pools; and pool covers and liners under the Latham, Narellan, CoverStar, Radiant, and GLI brand names. The company was formerly known as Latham Topco, Inc. and changed its name to Latham Group, Inc. in March 2021. Latham Group, Inc. was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Latham, 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.