Legence vs Matrix Service
LGN 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 LGN and MTRX compare
Legence is the larger company, worth 15 times as much as Matrix Service ($3.8B against $260M).
Legence grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (84.2% versus 8.0% for Matrix Service).
Legence keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 1.0% compared with 0.83% at Matrix Service.
Matrix Service scores higher on the StockData Score (9 against 6 for Legence), 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 | LGN | MTRX |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $3.8B | $260M |
| Share price | $35.00 | $9.19 |
| Change, 1 year | −4.6% | −24.8% |
| Change, 5 years | – | −4.8% |
| Beta (5Y) | 2.77 | 1.26 |
| Employees | 7,000 | 2,370 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 6 | 9 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 2 | 2 |
| Health score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 35.3× |
| P/S | 0.9× | 0.3× (better) |
| P/B | 5.5× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.4× | 9.3× (better) |
| P/FCF | 12.7× | – |
| FCF yield | 7.9% (better) | −3.2% |
| Fair value | $19.81 | $9.78 |
| Margin of safety | −76.7% | 6.1% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 84.2% (better) | 8.0% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | – | 5.3% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 19.1% (better) | 7.7% |
| Operating margin | 3.7% (better) | 0.04% |
| Net margin | 1.0% (better) | 0.83% |
| FCF margin | 6.9% (better) | −0.95% |
| Return on equity | 8.4% | – |
| Return on invested capital | 9.3% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.51 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.32 | – |
| Interest coverage | 2.5× (better) | 0.8× |
| Current ratio | 1.44 (better) | 1.05 |
| Altman Z-score | 2.18 (better) | 1.99 |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 79.0% | 91.7% |
| Held by insiders | 47.1% | 5.5% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$2.5B | −$2.3M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 4.5% | 7.4% |
Go deeper
- LGN stock overview
- LGN income statement
- LGN 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.