Analyzing Shimmick (NASDAQ:SHIM) and Empresas ICA (OTCMKTS:ICAYY)

Shimmick (NASDAQ:SHIM) and Empresas ICA (OTCMKTS:ICAYY) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Shimmick and Empresas ICA, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Shimmick	0	3	0	0	2.00
Empresas ICA	0	0	0	0	0.00

Shimmick currently has a consensus price target of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.78%. Given Shimmick’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Shimmick is more favorable than Empresas ICA.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Shimmick and Empresas ICA”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Shimmick	$632.81 million	0.14	-$2.55 million	($3.92)	-0.68
Empresas ICA	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Empresas ICA has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Shimmick.

Profitability

This table compares Shimmick and Empresas ICA’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shimmick	-20.16%	-355.53%	-26.15%
Empresas ICA	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional and Insider Ownership

6.9% of Shimmick shares are held by institutional investors. 77.0% of Shimmick shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

Shimmick has a beta of 0.05, meaning that its stock price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Empresas ICA has a beta of 0.29, meaning that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Shimmick beats Empresas ICA on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Shimmick

Shimmick Corporation provides water and other critical infrastructure solutions in the United States. The company undertakes water and wastewater treatment infrastructure; water storage and conveyance, including dams, levees, flood control systems, pump stations, and coastal protection infrastructure; and mass transit, bridges, and military infrastructure projects. It serves federal, state, and local governments. The company was formerly known as SCCI National Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Shimmick Corporation in September 2023. Shimmick Corporation was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Irvine, California. Shimmick Corporation operates as a subsidiary of GOHO, LLC.

About Empresas ICA

Empresas ICA SAB de CV is a holding company, which engages in providing construction and infrastructure services. It operates though the following business segments: Civil Construction, Industrial Construction, Airports, Concessions, and Corporate & Others. The Civil Construction segment involves in the infrastructure projects such as construction of roads, highways, transport facilities, bridges, dams, hydroelectric plants, prisons, tunnels, canals and airports, construction, development, and remodeling of office buildings, multi-family housing complexes, and shopping centers. The Industrial Construction segment comprises engineering, procurement, construction, design, and commissioning of large manufacturing facilities including power plants, chemical plants, petrochemical plants, fertilizer plants, pharmaceutical plants, steel mills, paper mills, drilling rigs plus automotive factories, and cement factories. The Airports segment focuses on the operations of 13 airports. The Concessions segment consists of construction, development, maintenance, and operation of long-term concessions of highways, tunnels, and water projects. The Corporate and Others segment includes real estate o