Analyzing Limbach (NASDAQ:LMB) & MasTec (NYSE:MTZ)

Limbach (NASDAQ:LMB) and MasTec (NYSE:MTZ) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

55.8% of Limbach shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.1% of MasTec shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.0% of Limbach shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.4% of MasTec shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Limbach has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MasTec has a beta of 1.82, suggesting that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Limbach and MasTec, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Limbach	2	1	2	0	2.00
MasTec	0	2	19	1	2.95

Limbach presently has a consensus target price of $70.25, suggesting a potential upside of 43.94%. MasTec has a consensus target price of $422.00, suggesting a potential upside of 76.91%. Given MasTec’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe MasTec is more favorable than Limbach.

Profitability

This table compares Limbach and MasTec’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Limbach	4.42%	23.22%	11.48%
MasTec	3.07%	18.08%	5.97%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Limbach and MasTec”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Limbach	$646.80 million	0.90	$39.06 million	$2.50	19.52
MasTec	$14.30 billion	1.34	$399.04 million	$6.27	38.04

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

Summary

MasTec beats Limbach on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Limbach

Limbach Holdings, Inc. operates as a building systems solution company in the United States. It operates through two segments, General Contractor Relationships and Owner Direct Relationships. The company engages in the construction and renovation projects that involve primarily include mechanical, plumbing, and electrical services. It also provides critical system repair, MEP infrastructure projects, maintenance contracts, building automation upgrades, data driven insights, and program management services. In addition, it offers captive engineering capabilities, estimating and virtual design; and professional engineering, energy analysis, estimation, and detail design and three-dimensional building installation coordination services. The company serves research, acute care, and inpatient hospitals; public and private colleges, universities, research centers; sports arenas; entertainment facilities, and amusement rides and parks; data centers; automotive, energy and general manufacturing plants; and life sciences, including organizations and companies, whose work is centered around research and development focused on living things. Limbach Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1901 and is headquartered in Warrendale, Pennsylvania.

About MasTec

MasTec, Inc., an infrastructure construction company, provides engineering, building, installation, maintenance, and upgrade services for communications, energy, utility, and other infrastructure primarily in the United States and Canada. It operates through five segments: Communications, Clean Energy and Infrastructure, Oil and Gas, Power Delivery, and Other. The company build infrastructure for wireless and wireline/fiber communications; clean energy infrastructure comprising renewable energy power generation; pipeline infrastructure, including natural gas, water, carbon capture sequestration, and other product transport; power delivery services, such as electrical and gas transmission, and distribution systems; industrial and heavy civil infrastructure, including roads, bridges, and rail; and water infrastructure. It also installs electrical and other gas distribution and transmission systems, power generation, power generation, civil and industrial facilities, pipelines, and fiber optic and other cables, as well as install-to-the-home services. In addition, the company offers maintenance and upgrade support services comprising maintenance of customers' distribution facilities, networks, and infrastructure, including communications, power generation, pipeline, electrical distribution and transmission, and civil and industrial and heavy civil infrastructure; service restoration for natural disasters and accidents; and routine replacements and upgrades to overhauls. Its customers include wireless and wireline/fiber service providers, broadband operators, install-to-the-home service providers, public and private energy providers, including renewable and other energy providers, pipeline operators, civil and industrial infrastructure providers, and government entities. MasTec, Inc. was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida.