Contrasting Buzzi (BZZUY) and Its Competitors

Buzzi (OTCMKTS:BZZUY) is one of 74 public companies in the “Construction Materials” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Buzzi to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Buzzi and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Buzzi	0	4	1	0	2.20
Buzzi Competitors	407	2069	2844	86	2.48

As a group, “Construction Materials” companies have a potential upside of 418.53%. Given Buzzi’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Buzzi has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Buzzi and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Buzzi	N/A	N/A	-379.97
Buzzi Competitors	$6.78 billion	$651.37 million	26.94

Buzzi’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Buzzi. Buzzi is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.2% of Buzzi shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.5% of shares of all “Construction Materials” companies are owned by institutional investors. 10.0% of shares of all “Construction Materials” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Buzzi pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Buzzi pays out -25.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Construction Materials” companies pay a dividend yield of 179.6% and pay out 31.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Profitability

This table compares Buzzi and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Buzzi	N/A	N/A	N/A
Buzzi Competitors	4.49%	7.93%	4.94%

Summary

Buzzi rivals beat Buzzi on 12 of the 13 factors compared.

Buzzi Company Profile

Buzzi S.p.A., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, distributes, and sells cement, ready-mix concrete, and aggregates. It has operations primarily in Italy, the United States, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Mexico, and Brazil. Buzzi S.p.A. was formerly known as Buzzi Unicem S.p.A. and changed its name to Buzzi S.p.A. in May 2023. The company was founded in 1872 and is headquartered in Casale Monferrato, Italy. Buzzi S.p.A. is a subsidiary of Fimedi – S.P.A.