Comparing CONCRETE PUMPING (NASDAQ:BBCP) & Decent (NASDAQ:DXST)

CONCRETE PUMPING (NASDAQ:BBCP) and Decent (NASDAQ:DXST) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for CONCRETE PUMPING and Decent, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CONCRETE PUMPING	0	3	1	0	2.25
Decent	1	0	0	0	1.00

CONCRETE PUMPING currently has a consensus price target of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.61%. Given CONCRETE PUMPING’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe CONCRETE PUMPING is more favorable than Decent.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares CONCRETE PUMPING and Decent”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	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
Decent	$11.54 million	1.89	$2.10 million	N/A	N/A

CONCRETE PUMPING has higher revenue and earnings than Decent.

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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares CONCRETE PUMPING and Decent’s 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%
Decent	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

CONCRETE PUMPING beats Decent on 10 of the 11 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 Decent

Decent Holding, Inc. engages in the provision of wastewater treatment by cleansing the industrial wastewater, ecological river restoration, and river ecosystem management. Its products and services include river water quality management and microbial products for water quality enhancement and pollutant cleansing purposes. The company was founded by Ding Xin Sun on January 6, 2022 and is headquartered in Yantai, China.