Everus Construction Group (NYSE:ECG – Get Free Report) and IES (NASDAQ:IESC – Get Free Report) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Everus Construction Group and IES”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Everus Construction Group | $3.75 billion | 1.44 | $201.77 million | $4.97 | 21.20 |
| IES | $3.99 billion | 2.41 | $303.06 million | $11.26 | 21.43 |
IES has higher revenue and earnings than Everus Construction Group. Everus Construction Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IES, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Everus Construction Group and IES, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Everus Construction Group | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2.67 |
| IES | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.67 |
Everus Construction Group currently has a consensus target price of $169.50, indicating a potential upside of 60.87%. IES has a consensus target price of $334.50, indicating a potential upside of 38.61%. Given Everus Construction Group’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Everus Construction Group is more favorable than IES.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
86.6% of IES shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Everus Construction Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 56.4% of IES shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Everus Construction Group and IES’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Everus Construction Group | 5.96% | 38.22% | 14.02% |
| IES | 11.40% | 35.70% | 19.68% |
Risk & Volatility
Everus Construction Group has a beta of 2.27, indicating that its share price is 127% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IES has a beta of 1.77, indicating that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
IES beats Everus Construction Group on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Everus Construction Group
Everus Construction Group is providing a full spectrum of construction services through its electrical and mechanical and transmission and distribution specialty contracting services principally in United States. Its specialty contracting services are provided to utility, transportation, commercial, industrial, institutional, renewable and other customers. Everus Construction Group is based in BISMARCK, N.D.
About IES
IES Holdings, Inc. engages in the design and installation of integrated electrical and technology systems, and provides infrastructure products and services in the United States. The Communications segment designs, installs, and maintains network infrastructure within data centers for co-location and managed hosting customers; corporate, educational, financial, hospitality, and healthcare buildings; e-commerce distribution centers; and high-tech manufacturing facilities. This segment also provides design and installation services for audio/visual, telephone, fire, and wireless access and intrusion alarm systems; and engages in designing/building, servicing, and maintaining data network systems. The Residential segment offers electrical installations to single-family housing and multi-family apartments; and cable television installations to residential and light commercial applications, as well as installs residential solar power for new construction and existing residences. The Infrastructure Solutions segment maintains and repairs alternating and direct current electric motors and generators, and power generating and distribution equipment; manufactures custom-engineered metal enclosed bus duct solutions used in power distribution; manufactures custom commercial and industrial generator enclosures; manufactures, re-manufactures, and repairs industrial lifting magnets; and maintains and repairs railroad main and auxiliary generators, main alternators, and traction motors. The Commercial & Industrial segment offers electrical and mechanical design, construction, and maintenance services for office buildings, manufacturing facilities, data centers, chemical plants, refineries, wind farms, solar facilities, municipal infrastructures, and health care facilities. The company was formerly known as Integrated Electrical Services, Inc. and changed its name to IES Holdings, Inc. in May 2016. IES Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
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