Reviewing Bouygues (OTCMKTS:BOUYF) & Southland (NASDAQ:SLND)

Bouygues (OTCMKTS:BOUYF) and Southland (NASDAQ:SLND) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

2.8% of Southland shares are owned by institutional investors. 73.4% of Southland shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Bouygues and Southland”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bouygues	$64.34 billion	1.75	$1.29 billion	$3.80	15.62
Southland	$603.01 million	0.06	-$19.25 million	($7.46)	-0.09

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Bouygues and Southland, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bouygues	0	2	2	0	2.50
Southland	0	1	0	0	2.00

Profitability

This table compares Bouygues and Southland’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bouygues	2.22%	8.64%	1.98%
Southland	-10.38%	-47.71%	-8.75%

Risk & Volatility

Bouygues has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southland has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Bouygues beats Southland on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Bouygues

Bouygues SA, together with its subsidiaries, operates in the construction, energy, telecom, media, and transport infrastructure sectors in France and internationally. The company designs, builds, renovates, operates, and deconstructs building, infrastructure, and industrial projects; develops urban planning, residential, and commercial projects; builds and maintains roads and motorways, airport runways, ports, industrial logistics hubs, external works and amenities, reserved-lane public transport, recreational facilities, and environmental projects, as well as undertakes civil engineering, road safety, and signaling activities; produces, distributes, sells, and recycles aggregates, emulsions, asphalt mixes, ready-mix concrete, and bitumen; construction, renewal, and maintenance of rail networks; and installation and maintenance of pipes and pipelines. It also provides design, installation, and maintenance services in various fields that include cooling and fire protection, digital and ICT, electrical, and mechanical and robotics, as well as heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. In addition, the company produces TF1, TMC, TFX, TF1, and LCI complementary TV channels; operates Ushuaïa TV, Histoire TV, TV Breizh, and Serieclub channels; produces, broadcasts, and distributes content; operates la seine musical entertainment and concert venue; and entertainment and leisure comprising licenses, podcasts, music production, and live events. Further, it offers telecom services; and mobile and fixed network services. The company was founded in 1952 and is based in Paris, France.

About Southland

Southland Holdings, Inc. engages in specialty infrastructure construction business in North America and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Civil and Transportation. The Civil segment designs and constructs water pipelines, pump stations, lift stations, water and wastewater treatment plants, concrete and structural steel, outfall, and tunneling. The Transportation segment designs and constructs bridges, roadways, marine, dredging, ship terminals and piers, and specialty structures and facilities, as well as convention centers, sports stadiums, marine facilities, and ferris wheels. Southland Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1900 and is headquartered in Grapevine, Texas.