CONCRETE PUMPING (NASDAQ:BBCP – Get Free Report) and Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources (OTCMKTS:SENR – Get Free Report) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and profitability.
Risk and Volatility
CONCRETE PUMPING has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources has a beta of -1.41, indicating that its share price is 241% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares CONCRETE PUMPING and Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| CONCRETE PUMPING | 2.65% | 4.19% | 1.30% |
| Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources | -39.40% | N/A | -142.68% |
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| CONCRETE PUMPING | $425.87 million | 0.80 | $16.21 million | $0.16 | 41.63 |
| Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources | $4.31 million | 1.07 | -$1.80 million | ($0.03) | -2.32 |
CONCRETE PUMPING has higher revenue and earnings than Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources. Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CONCRETE PUMPING, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current recommendations for CONCRETE PUMPING and Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| CONCRETE PUMPING | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.25 |
| Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
CONCRETE PUMPING presently has a consensus price target of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.61%. Given CONCRETE PUMPING’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CONCRETE PUMPING is more favorable than Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
34.2% of CONCRETE PUMPING shares are held by institutional investors. 26.6% of CONCRETE PUMPING shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 43.9% of Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources shares are held 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.
Summary
CONCRETE PUMPING beats Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources
Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources, Inc. provides clean-technologies, waste management, and related services in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments, Environmental Solutions and Solid Waste. The company designs and sells H2SPlus and OdorFilter dry scrubber solutions for management of hydrogen sulfide in biogas, landfill gas, and petroleum processing operations; develops and designs proprietary technologies and systems for conditioning biogas for use as renewable natural gas for a range of applications, such as transportation fuel and natural gas pipeline injection; and develops waste destruction technology using pyrolytic heating process combined with non-thermal plasma assisted oxidation. In addition, it develops renewable natural gas projects; and advanced chemical absorbents and catalysts that enhance the capability of biogas produced from landfill, wastewater treatment, and agricultural digester operations, as well as offers soil amendment pellets. The company serves companies primarily in the oil and gas refineries, landfills, medical waste destruction operations, agricultural companies, and food and beverage companies, as well as other commercial and industrial customers. Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources, Inc. is headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado.
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