LGN (LGN) versus Its Competitors Head-To-Head Contrast

LGN (NASDAQ:LGN) is one of 190 publicly-traded companies in the “Construction & Engineering” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare LGN to similar companies based on the strength of its earnings, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

48.3% of shares of all “Construction & Engineering” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of LGN shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.8% of shares of all “Construction & Engineering” 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.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares LGN and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
LGN	$2.55 billion	-$59.78 million	128.60
LGN Competitors	$9.46 billion	$451.69 million	-5,854.67

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LGN	-1.20%	4.33%	1.23%
LGN Competitors	-4.02%	3.71%	3.76%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for LGN and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LGN	1	1	10	2	2.93
LGN Competitors	820	3384	7201	348	2.60

LGN presently has a consensus target price of $99.50, indicating a potential upside of 93.43%. As a group, “Construction & Engineering” companies have a potential upside of 37.42%. Given LGN’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe LGN is more favorable than its rivals.

Summary

LGN beats its rivals on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

About LGN

Legence Corp. is a provider of engineering, consulting, installation and maintenance services for mission-critical systems in buildings. The company specializes in designing, fabricating and installing complex HVAC, process piping and other mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems. Legence Corp. is based in SAN JOSE, Calif.