Financial Comparison: General Enterprise Ventures (OTCMKTS:GEVI) versus Eagle Materials (NYSE:EXP)

Eagle Materials (NYSE:EXP) and General Enterprise Ventures (OTCMKTS:GEVI) are both construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Volatility and Risk

Eagle Materials has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General Enterprise Ventures has a beta of 6.5, indicating that its share price is 550% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Eagle Materials and General Enterprise Ventures’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eagle Materials	19.81%	31.21%	14.30%
General Enterprise Ventures	-1,377.37%	-632.45%	-279.04%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Eagle Materials and General Enterprise Ventures, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Eagle Materials	0	6	3	0	2.33
General Enterprise Ventures	0	0	0	0	0.00

Eagle Materials presently has a consensus price target of $254.78, indicating a potential upside of 8.97%. Given Eagle Materials’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Eagle Materials is more favorable than General Enterprise Ventures.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Eagle Materials and General Enterprise Ventures”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Eagle Materials	$2.26 billion	3.36	$463.42 million	$13.58	17.22
General Enterprise Ventures	$810,000.00	146.08	-$6.88 million	($2.94)	-2.40

Eagle Materials has higher revenue and earnings than General Enterprise Ventures. General Enterprise Ventures is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eagle Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

96.1% of Eagle Materials shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Eagle Materials shares are held 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.

Summary

Eagle Materials beats General Enterprise Ventures on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Eagle Materials

Eagle Materials Inc., through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells heavy construction materials and light building materials in the United States. It operates in four segments: Cement, Concrete and Aggregates, Gypsum Wallboard, and Recycled Paperboard. The company engages in the mining of limestone for the manufacture, production, distribution, and sale of Portland cement, including Portland limestone cement; grinding and sale of slag; and mining of gypsum for the manufacture and sale of gypsum wallboards used to finish the interior walls and ceilings in residential, commercial, and industrial structures, as well as well as containerboard and lightweight packaging grades; manufacture and sale of recycled paperboard to the gypsum wallboard industry and other paperboard converters; the sale of readymix concrete; and mining and sale of aggregates, such as crushed stone, sand, and gravel. Its products are used in commercial and residential construction; public construction projects to build, expand, and repair roads and highways; and repair and remodel activities. The company was formerly known as Centex Construction Products, Inc. and changed its name to Eagle Materials, Inc. in January 2004. Eagle Materials Inc. was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

About General Enterprise Ventures

General Enterprise Ventures, Inc., engages in installing large home and facility proactive wildfire prevention systems. It offers CitroTech products for the prevention and spread of wildfires, as well as lumber treatments for fire prevention. The company was formerly known as General Entertainment Ventures, Inc. and changed its name to General Enterprise Ventures, Inc. in October 2021. General Enterprise Ventures, Inc. is based in Cheyenne, Wyoming.