CONCRETE PUMPING HOLDINGS, INC. (BBCP) vs Matrix Service Company (MTRX)

CONCRETE PUMPING HOLDINGS, INC. and Matrix Service Company are both Engineering & Construction companies. CONCRETE PUMPING HOLDINGS, INC. is the larger, with a market value of $479.8M against $243.9M — 2.0× the size. Matrix Service Company trades at the lower P/E: 37.1× against 56.4×. Matrix Service Company grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 8.04% against 6.91%. CONCRETE PUMPING HOLDINGS, INC. has the higher net margin (2.03% vs 0.83%) and the higher return on invested capital (4.71% vs 0.00%). Across the 20 metrics below, CONCRETE PUMPING HOLDINGS, INC. leads on 10 and Matrix Service Company on 10.

Valuation

Metric BBCP MTRX Engineering & Construction median
P/E 56.41 37.12 27.18
P/S 1.14 0.31 0.91
P/B 1.81 1.85 3.28
Price to free cash flow 21.77 n/m 18.97
EV/EBITDA 8.40 11.96 12.32
EV/Sales 2.03 0.11 1.20
Earnings yield 1.77% 2.69% 2.69%
Free cash flow yield 4.59% (2.33%) 1.84%

Profitability

Metric BBCP MTRX Engineering & Construction median
Gross margin 38.25% 7.70% 18.76%
Operating margin 11.47% 0.04% 6.43%
Net margin 2.03% 0.83% 2.14%
Free cash flow margin 5.44% (0.72%) 1.12%
Return on equity 3.25% 5.14% 6.05%
Return on assets 0.96% 1.25% 0.96%
Return on invested capital 4.71% 0.00% 2.52%

Growth

Metric BBCP MTRX Engineering & Construction median
Revenue growth (TTM) 6.91% 8.04% 18.78%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (65.38%) 91.51% 13.42%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.24% 5.34% 12.23%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric BBCP MTRX Engineering & Construction median
Debt to equity 1.56 0.00 0.41
Current ratio 1.71 1.05 1.37
Net debt to EBITDA 3.86 227.98 0.38

Dividend

Metric BBCP MTRX Engineering & Construction median
Dividend yield 1.36% — 0.68%
Payout ratio 0.81 — 0.18

Size

Metric BBCP MTRX Engineering & Construction median
Market cap 479.75m 243.88m 1.02b

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