Analyzing LGN (LGN) & Its Rivals

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

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares LGN and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
LGN	$2.55 billion	-$59.78 million	134.62
LGN Competitors	$10.58 billion	$451.69 million	-5,854.24

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for LGN and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LGN	1	1	10	2	2.93
LGN Competitors	818	3384	7201	348	2.60

LGN currently has a consensus price target of $99.50, indicating a potential upside of 84.77%. As a group, “Construction & Engineering” companies have a potential upside of 35.06%. Given LGN’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe LGN is more favorable than its competitors.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

48.3% of shares of all “Construction & Engineering” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of LGN shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.8% of shares of all “Construction & Engineering” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares LGN and its competitors’ 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%

Summary

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

LGN Company Profile

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.