Ibstock (OTCMKTS:IBJHF) vs. Arcosa (NYSE:ACA) Head to Head Analysis

Ibstock (OTCMKTS:IBJHF) and Arcosa (NYSE:ACA) are both materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares Ibstock and Arcosa’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ibstock	N/A	N/A	N/A
Arcosa	7.88%	8.52%	4.41%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Ibstock and Arcosa”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ibstock	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Arcosa	$2.88 billion	2.47	$208.40 million	$4.53	32.08

Arcosa has higher revenue and earnings than Ibstock.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

90.7% of Arcosa shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Arcosa shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Ibstock and Arcosa, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ibstock	0	2	1	0	2.33
Arcosa	0	5	2	0	2.29

Arcosa has a consensus target price of $138.33, indicating a potential downside of 4.82%. Given Arcosa’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Arcosa is more favorable than Ibstock.

Summary

Arcosa beats Ibstock on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Ibstock

Ibstock plc manufactures and sells clay and concrete building products and solutions to customers in the residential construction sector in the United Kingdom. The company offers bricks and masonry, which includes facing and engineering bricks, brick slips, special shaped bricks, walling stone, architectural masonry, prefabricated components, eco-habitats, and padstones and lintels, as well as façade systems; roofing products comprising roof tiles and accessories, and chimneys; and flooring and lintels, such as beam and block flooring, insulated flooring, hollowcore, and screed rails. It provides precast staircases and lift shafts; fencing and landscaping products, including fence posts, copings and cappings, gravel boards, bollards, balustrades, path edging, gully surrounds, and urban landscaping; and retaining walls, such as stepoc, slopeloc, and keystone. In addition, the company offers rail and infrastructure products, which includes rail troughs, platform copers, cable theft protection, signal bases, utility ducts, and inspection chambers; and services, including design and technical support, off-site solutions, bespoke concrete products, and engraving and cutting service. Further, it manufactures and supplies glass reinforced, precast, and prestressed concrete products. It offers its products and services under the Forticrete, Supreme, Anderton, Longley, Coltman, and Ibstock Brick brands. The company was founded in 1825 and is headquartered in Ibstock, the United Kingdom.

About Arcosa

Arcosa, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides infrastructure-related products and solutions for the construction, engineered structures, and transportation markets in the United States. It operates through three segments: Construction Products, Engineered Structures, and Transportation Products. The Construction Products segment offers natural and recycled aggregates; specialty materials; and construction site support equipment, including trench shields and shoring products for residential and non-residential construction, and specialty/other products, as well as for infrastructure construction. The Engineered Structures segment offers utility structures, wind towers, traffic structures, and telecommunication structures for electricity transmission and distribution, wind power generation, highway road construction, and wireless communication markets. The Transportation Products segment offers inland barges, fiberglass barge covers, winches, marine hardware, and steel components for railcars and transportation equipment; cast components for industrial and mining sectors; and axles, circular forgings, and coupling devices for freight, tank, locomotive, and passenger rail transportation equipment, as well as other industrial uses. Arcosa, Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.