Everus Construction Group (NYSE:ECG) and Quanex Building Products (NYSE:NX) Head-To-Head Survey

Everus Construction Group (NYSE:ECG) and Quanex Building Products (NYSE:NX) are both construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Everus Construction Group and Quanex Building Products, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Everus Construction Group	0	2	2	1	2.80
Quanex Building Products	0	1	1	0	2.50

Everus Construction Group presently has a consensus price target of $80.33, indicating a potential upside of 7.02%. Quanex Building Products has a consensus price target of $38.00, indicating a potential upside of 134.79%. Given Quanex Building Products’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Quanex Building Products is more favorable than Everus Construction Group.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Everus Construction Group and Quanex Building Products”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	$2.85 billion	1.34	$143.42 million	$3.24	23.17
Quanex Building Products	$1.28 billion	0.58	$33.06 million	($6.22)	-2.60

Everus Construction Group has higher revenue and earnings than Quanex Building Products. Quanex Building Products is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Everus Construction Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

97.5% of Quanex Building Products shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Everus Construction Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Quanex Building Products 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 Quanex Building Products’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Everus Construction Group	5.07%	35.83%	12.27%
Quanex Building Products	-15.45%	10.48%	4.40%

Summary

Everus Construction Group beats Quanex Building Products on 11 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 Quanex Building Products

Quanex Building Products Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides components for the fenestration industry in the United States, rest of Europe, Canada, Asia, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North American Fenestration, European Fenestration, and North American Cabinet Components. It offers flexible insulating glass spacers, extruded vinyl profiles, window and door screens, and precision-formed metal and wood products, as well as cabinet doors and other components for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the kitchen and bathroom cabinet industry. In addition, the company provides various non-fenestration components and products, including solar panel sealants, trim moldings, vinyl decking, fencing, water retention barriers, and conservatory roof components. It sells its products to OEMs in the building products industry through sales representatives, direct sales force, distributors, and independent sales agents. Quanex Building Products Corporation was founded in 1927 and is based in Houston, Texas.