Concrete Pumping vs Matrix Service
BBCP and MTRX side by side, both in construction special trade contractors. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BBCP and MTRX compare
Concrete Pumping is the larger company, worth 2.0 times as much as Matrix Service ($516M against $261M).
On earnings, Matrix Service is cheaper: it trades at 35.5× trailing earnings, against 64.0× for Concrete Pumping.
Matrix Service grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (8.0% versus 6.9% for Concrete Pumping).
Concrete Pumping keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 2.4% compared with 0.83% at Matrix Service.
Concrete Pumping pays a dividend yielding 1.3%; Matrix Service does not pay one.
Matrix Service scores higher on the StockData Score (9 against 5 for Concrete Pumping), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BBCP | MTRX |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $516M | $261M |
| Share price | $10.24 | $9.24 |
| Change, 1 year | 63.1% | −29.0% |
| Change, 5 years | 14.2% | −4.2% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.75 | 1.26 |
| Employees | 1,530 | 2,370 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 5 | 9 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Growth score | 1 | 1 |
| Performance score | 2 | 2 |
| Health score | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 64.0× | 35.5× (better) |
| P/S | 1.2× | 0.3× (better) |
| P/B | 1.9× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 8.9× (better) | 9.5× |
| P/FCF | 33.1× | – |
| FCF yield | 3.0% (better) | −3.2% |
| Fair value | $7.88 | $9.99 |
| Margin of safety | −29.9% | 7.5% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 6.9% | 8.0% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 5.2% | 5.3% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −1.2% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −5.9% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 38.3% (better) | 7.7% |
| Operating margin | 11.5% (better) | 0.04% |
| Net margin | 2.4% (better) | 0.83% |
| FCF margin | 3.7% (better) | −0.95% |
| Return on equity | 3.9% | – |
| Return on invested capital | 4.9% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.56 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.73 | – |
| Interest coverage | 1.4× (better) | 0.8× |
| Current ratio | 1.71 (better) | 1.05 |
| Altman Z-score | 1.09 | 1.99 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.3% | – |
| Buyback yield | 1.8% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 3.0% (better) | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 35.5% | 91.7% |
| Held by insiders | 27.2% | 5.5% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$4.3M | −$2.3M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.0% | 7.4% |
Go deeper
- BBCP stock overview
- BBCP income statement
- BBCP valuation and score
- MTRX stock overview
- MTRX income statement
- MTRX valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.