LGI Homes (NASDAQ:LGIH) vs. Everus (NYSE:ECG) Financial Survey

LGI Homes (NASDAQ:LGIH) and Everus (NYSE:ECG) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares LGI Homes and Everus”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LGI Homes	$2.36 billion	0.85	$199.23 million	$8.34	10.17
Everus	$2.85 billion	0.89	$137.23 million	N/A	N/A

LGI Homes has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Everus.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for LGI Homes and Everus, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LGI Homes	1	2	1	0	2.00
Everus	0	2	2	0	2.50

LGI Homes currently has a consensus target price of $118.33, suggesting a potential upside of 39.48%. Everus has a consensus target price of $67.33, suggesting a potential upside of 35.74%. Given LGI Homes’ higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe LGI Homes is more favorable than Everus.

Profitability

This table compares LGI Homes and Everus’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LGI Homes	8.75%	10.32%	5.46%
Everus	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

84.9% of LGI Homes shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.4% of LGI Homes shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

LGI Homes beats Everus on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About LGI Homes

LGI Homes, Inc. designs, constructs, and sells homes. It offers entry-level homes, such as attached and detached homes, and active adult homes under the LGI Homes brand name; and luxury series homes under the Terrata Homes brand name. The company also engages in the wholesale business, which include building and selling homes to large institutions looking to acquire single-family rental properties. It serves customers in Texas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, New Mexico, Colorado, North Carolina, South Carolina, Washington, Tennessee, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Alabama, California, Oregon, Nevada, West Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Utah. LGI Homes, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.

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.