Critical Contrast: Everus (NYSE:ECG) and Green Brick Partners (NASDAQ:GRBK)

Everus (NYSE:ECG) and Green Brick Partners (NASDAQ:GRBK) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Everus and Green Brick Partners, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Everus	0	2	2	0	2.50
Green Brick Partners	0	3	0	0	2.00

Everus presently has a consensus target price of $67.67, indicating a potential downside of 4.13%. Green Brick Partners has a consensus target price of $69.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.60%. Given Green Brick Partners’ higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Green Brick Partners is more favorable than Everus.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

78.2% of Green Brick Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 31.5% of Green Brick Partners shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Everus and Green Brick Partners’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Everus	N/A	N/A	N/A
Green Brick Partners	17.70%	25.35%	17.29%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Everus and Green Brick Partners”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Everus	$2.73 billion	1.32	$137.23 million	N/A	N/A
Green Brick Partners	$1.98 billion	1.30	$284.63 million	$7.70	7.49

Green Brick Partners has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Everus.

Summary

Green Brick Partners beats Everus on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Everus

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 Green Brick Partners

Green Brick Partners, Inc. is a diversified homebuilding and land development company in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Builder operations Central, Builder operations Southeast, and Land Development. The Builder operations Central segment operates builders in Texas; and the closing and delivery of homes. The Builder operations Southeast operates builders in Georgia and Florida. The Land Development segment acquires land for the development of residential lots that are transferred to our controlled builders or sold to third party homebuilders. It also provides financial services platform, including mortgage and title services. In addition, the company is engaged in all aspects of the homebuilding process, including land acquisition and development, entitlements, design, construction, marketing, and sales for its residential neighborhoods and master-planned communities. Green Brick Partners, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Plano, Texas.