Contrasting Concrete Pumping (NASDAQ:BBCP) & China Everbright Environment Group?? (OTCMKTS:CHFFF)

China Everbright Environment Group?? (OTCMKTS:CHFFF) and Concrete Pumping (NASDAQ:BBCP) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares China Everbright Environment Group?? and Concrete Pumping’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
China Everbright Environment Group??	N/A	N/A	N/A
Concrete Pumping	2.65%	4.19%	1.30%

Risk and Volatility

China Everbright Environment Group?? has a beta of 0.08, meaning that its stock price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Concrete Pumping has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

34.2% of Concrete Pumping shares are held by institutional investors. 26.6% of Concrete Pumping shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for China Everbright Environment Group?? and Concrete Pumping, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
China Everbright Environment Group??	0	0	0	0	0.00
Concrete Pumping	0	2	1	0	2.33

Concrete Pumping has a consensus target price of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 7.76%. Given Concrete Pumping’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Concrete Pumping is more favorable than China Everbright Environment Group??.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares China Everbright Environment Group?? and Concrete Pumping”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
China Everbright Environment Group??	$3.88 billion	1.06	$432.80 million	N/A	N/A
Concrete Pumping	$425.87 million	0.84	$16.21 million	$0.16	43.50

China Everbright Environment Group?? has higher revenue and earnings than Concrete Pumping.

Summary

Concrete Pumping beats China Everbright Environment Group?? on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About China Everbright Environment Group??

China Everbright Environment Group Limited, an investment holding company, provides environmental solutions worldwide. The company’s Environmental Energy Project Construction and Operation segment constructs and operates food and kitchen waste treatment, leachate and fecal treatment, sludge treatment and disposal, fly ash landfill, medical waste, and solid waste treatment projects, as well as waste-to-energy and methane-to-energy plants. This segment also provides waste sorting, renewable resources utilization, and sanitation operation services. Its Greentech Project Construction and Operation segment constructs and operates integrated biomass utilization, hazardous and solid waste treatment, and solar energy and wind power projects, as well as offers environmental remediation services. The company’s Environmental Water Project Construction and Operation segment constructs, upgrades, and operates waste water treatment plants; water supply and reusable water treatment plants; and sponge city construction, sludge treatment and disposal, leachate treatment, river-basin ecological restoration, and waste water source heat pump projects. This segment also researches and develops water environment technologies and engineering projects. The company’s Others segment conducts environmental protection technology research and development projects; provides environmental related technological, and protection project equipment construction and installation services; designs environmental protection projects; and sells related equipment. It also collects and treats municipal wastes by mechanical and biological technology; and manufactures environmental protection equipment. The company was formerly known as China Everbright International Limited and changed its name to China Everbright Environment Group Limited in September 2020. China Everbright Environment Group Limited was incorporated in 1961 and is headquartered in Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

About Concrete Pumping

Concrete Pumping Holdings, Inc. provides concrete pumping and waste management services in the United States and the United Kingdom. The company offers concrete pumping services to general contractors and concrete finishing companies in the commercial, infrastructure, and residential sectors under the Brundage-Bone and Capital Pumping brands; and industrial cleanup and containment services primarily to customers in the construction industry under the Eco-Pan brand. It leases and rents concrete pumping equipment, pans, and containers. As of October 31, 2023, the company owned a fleet of approximately 930 boom pumps, 90 placing booms, 20 telebelts, 300 stationary pumps, and 115 waste management trucks. Concrete Pumping Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Thornton, Colorado.