Financial Analysis: TopBuild (NYSE:BLD) & Ming Shing Group (NASDAQ:MSW)

Ming Shing Group (NASDAQ:MSW) and TopBuild (NYSE:BLD) are both construction companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Ming Shing Group and TopBuild”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ming Shing Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
TopBuild	$5.19 billion	1.82	$614.25 million	$19.82	16.17

TopBuild has higher revenue and earnings than Ming Shing Group.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Ming Shing Group and TopBuild, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ming Shing Group	0	0	0	0	0.00
TopBuild	0	3	5	0	2.63

TopBuild has a consensus price target of $437.00, suggesting a potential upside of 36.38%. Given TopBuild’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe TopBuild is more favorable than Ming Shing Group.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

95.7% of TopBuild shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of TopBuild shares are owned by company 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 Ming Shing Group and TopBuild’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ming Shing Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
TopBuild	11.66%	26.40%	12.85%

Summary

TopBuild beats Ming Shing Group on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Ming Shing Group

Ming Shing Group Holdings Limited is a company mainly engaged in wet trades works, such as plastering works, tile laying works, brick laying works, floor screeding works and marble works. Ming Shing Group Holdings Limited is based in Hong Kong.

About TopBuild

TopBuild Corp., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the installation and distribution of insulation and other building material products to the construction industry. The company operates in two segments, Installation and Specialty Distribution. It provides insulation products and accessories, glass and windows, rain gutters, garage doors, fireplaces, roofing materials, closet shelving, and other products. The company also offers insulation installation services for fiberglass batts and rolls, blown-in loose fill fiberglass, polyurethane spray foam, and blown-in loose fill cellulose applications. In addition, it distributes building and mechanical insulation, insulation accessories, and other building product materials for the residential, commercial, and industrial end markets. The company serves single-family homebuilders, single-family custom builders, multi-family builders, commercial general contractors, remodelers, and individual homeowners, as well as insulation contractors, gutter contractors, weatherization contractors, other contractors, dealers, metal building erectors, and modular home builders. It operates installation branches and distribution centers in the United States and Canada. The company was formerly known as Masco SpinCo Corp. and changed its name to TopBuild Corp. in March 2015. TopBuild Corp. was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in Daytona Beach, Florida.