Reviewing WSP Global (OTCMKTS:WSPOF) and Arcadis (OTCMKTS:ARCVF)

Arcadis (OTCMKTS:ARCVF) and WSP Global (OTCMKTS:WSPOF) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares Arcadis and WSP Global’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Arcadis	N/A	N/A	N/A
WSP Global	5.46%	12.01%	5.25%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Arcadis and WSP Global, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Arcadis	0	0	0	0	0.00
WSP Global	0	0	4	0	3.00

Institutional and Insider Ownership

27.0% of Arcadis shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Arcadis and WSP Global”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Arcadis	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.34	28.57
WSP Global	$13.09 billion	1.29	$690.15 million	$1.61	77.76

WSP Global has higher revenue and earnings than Arcadis. Arcadis is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WSP Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

WSP Global beats Arcadis on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Arcadis

Arcadis NV offers design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets in The Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia Pacific. It operates through Places, Mobility, Resilience, and Intelligence segments. The company offers architectural and urbanism services; and asset management services, such as asset management strategy and planning, asset management decision making and operational optimization, life cycle planning and asset management systems, asset information/condition assessment, risk and review, organization and people, and asset management/O&M. It also provides business advisory services, including asset strategy and performance, business transformation and resiliency, investment and finance, operations and maintenance, and technology and information; contract solutions; cost and commercial management services; and design and engineering solutions for highways, railways, bridges, tunnels, power utilities, water utilities, ports and waterways, geotechnics, architecture, and structures, as well as building mechanical, electrical, and plumbing. In addition, the company offers digital environmental health safety and sustainability, environmental restoration, and project management solutions. Further, it provides mobility solutions for connected highways, intelligent rail and transit, integrated airports, and new mobility; places solutions; resilience solutions, such as energy transition, climate adaption, water optimization, enviro socio permitting, sustainable advisory, environmental restoration, and sustainable operations; and water supply and treatment, distribution, resource management, and industrial water and wastewater services. The company was formerly known as Heidemij NV and changed its name to Arcadis N.V. in October 1997. Arcadis NV was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

About WSP Global

WSP Global Inc. operates as a professional services consulting firm in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Australia, and internationally. It advises, plans, designs, and manages projects for rail, transit, aviation, highways, bridges, tunnels, water, maritime, and urban infrastructure for public and private clients, construction contractors, and other partners. The company also provides engineering and consultancy services, such as decarbonization strategies, digital building design to building engineering design, and project management services. In addition, it works with and advises governments and private sector in earth sciences and environmental sustainability to conduct due diligence, permit approvals, regulatory compliance, waste/hazardous materials management, geotechnical and mining engineering, environmental/ social impact assessments, feasibility, and land remediation studies. Further, the company offers energy clients support, including large-scale power plants, renewables clean energy investments, smaller on-site power generation and efficiency programs, energy transmission, storage and distribution from pre-feasibility studies and community engagement through operation and decommissioning; and provides siting and licensing, procurement, construction management, engineering, process design, and productivity analysis to food and beverage, pharmaceutical and biotechnology, aerospace, automotive, technology, and chemicals industries, as well as operation, maintenance, and decommissioning services during the facility’s active life. Additionally, it offers strategic advisory services comprising planning and advisory, management, and technology and sustainability services. The company was formerly known as GENIVAR Inc. and changed its name to WSP Global Inc. in January 2014. WSP Global Inc. was founded in 1885 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.