Contrasting Monadelphous Group (OTCMKTS:MOPHY) & DIRTT Environmental Solutions (NASDAQ:DRTT)

DIRTT Environmental Solutions (NASDAQ:DRTT) and Monadelphous Group (OTCMKTS:MOPHY) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for DIRTT Environmental Solutions and Monadelphous Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DIRTT Environmental Solutions	0	0	0	0	N/A
Monadelphous Group	0	0	2	0	3.00

Insider and Institutional Ownership

58.7% of DIRTT Environmental Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.9% of Monadelphous Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.5% of DIRTT Environmental Solutions 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.

Profitability

This table compares DIRTT Environmental Solutions and Monadelphous Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DIRTT Environmental Solutions	-12.81%	-150.32%	-15.10%
Monadelphous Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares DIRTT Environmental Solutions and Monadelphous Group’s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DIRTT Environmental Solutions	$170.64 million	0.26	-$54.96 million	($0.25)	-1.70
Monadelphous Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	C$1.59	5.49

Monadelphous Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than DIRTT Environmental Solutions. DIRTT Environmental Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Monadelphous Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Monadelphous Group beats DIRTT Environmental Solutions on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About DIRTT Environmental Solutions

DIRTT Environmental Solutions Ltd. operates as a interior construction company in Canada. Its ICE software provides the industrialized construction system to design, visualize, organize, configure, and install the job. The company offers interior solutions to doors, casework, timber, electrical, networks, access floors, solid, glass, combination, leaf folding, and headwalls. It serves retail, technology, hospitality, manufacturing, energy, healthcare, education, government, military, professional, and financial service sectors. DIRTT Environmental Solutions Ltd. was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

About Monadelphous Group

Monadelphous Group Limited, an engineering group, provides construction, maintenance, and industrial services to resources, energy, and infrastructure industries in Australia, Chile, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, and internationally. It operates through Engineering Construction, and Maintenance and Industrial Services divisions. The company offers fabrication, modularization, offsite pre-assembly, procurement, and installation of structural steel, tankage, mechanical and process equipment, piping, demolition, and remediation works; multi-disciplined construction services; plant commissioning; electrical and instrumentation services; engineering, procurement, and construction services; process and non-process maintenance services; and front-end scoping, shutdown planning, management, and execution services. It also provides water and wastewater asset construction and maintenance; transmission pipelines and facilities construction; power and water assets operation and maintenance; heavy lift and specialist transport; access solutions; dewatering services; corrosion management services; specialist coatings; rail maintenance services; and insulation and cladding services. In addition, it offers turnkey design and construction, heavy lift and crane, and civil and electrical services. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Perth, Australia.