Financial Comparison: Bellway (OTCMKTS:BLWYY) vs. Everus Construction Group (NYSE:ECG)

Bellway (OTCMKTS:BLWYY) and Everus Construction Group (NYSE:ECG) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings and risk.

Risk and Volatility

Bellway has a beta of 0.14, suggesting that its stock price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Everus Construction Group has a beta of 2.32, suggesting that its stock price is 132% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Bellway and Everus Construction Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bellway	1	3	0	1	2.20
Everus Construction Group	0	5	3	1	2.56

Everus Construction Group has a consensus target price of $155.67, suggesting a potential downside of 6.16%. Given Everus Construction Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Everus Construction Group is more favorable than Bellway.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Bellway and Everus Construction Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bellway	$3.62 billion	0.98	$204.69 million	N/A	N/A
Everus Construction Group	$3.75 billion	2.26	$201.77 million	$4.36	38.05

Bellway has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Everus Construction Group.

Profitability

This table compares Bellway and Everus Construction Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bellway	N/A	N/A	N/A
Everus Construction Group	5.65%	37.17%	13.38%

Summary

Everus Construction Group beats Bellway on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Bellway

Bellway p.l.c., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the home building business in the United Kingdom. The company builds and sells homes ranging from one-bedroom apartments to six-bedroom family homes, as well as provides homes to housing associations for social housing. It offers homes under Bellway and Ashberry brands. Bellway p.l.c. was incorporated in 1978 and is headquartered in Newcastle upon Tyne, the United Kingdom.

About Everus Construction Group

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.