Head to Head Comparison: Green Brick Partners (NASDAQ:GRBK) versus Everus (NYSE:ECG)

Green Brick Partners (NASDAQ:GRBK) and Everus (NYSE:ECG) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Green Brick Partners and Everus”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Green Brick Partners	$1.98 billion	1.29	$284.63 million	$7.70	7.46
Everus	$2.73 billion	1.29	$137.23 million	N/A	N/A

Green Brick Partners has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Everus.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

78.2% of Green Brick Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 31.5% of Green Brick Partners shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Green Brick Partners and Everus’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Green Brick Partners	17.70%	25.35%	17.29%
Everus	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Green Brick Partners and Everus, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Green Brick Partners	0	3	0	0	2.00
Everus	0	2	2	0	2.50

Green Brick Partners presently has a consensus target price of $69.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.06%. Everus has a consensus target price of $67.67, suggesting a potential downside of 1.65%. Given Green Brick Partners’ higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Green Brick Partners is more favorable than Everus.

Summary

Green Brick Partners beats Everus on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Green Brick Partners

Green Brick Partners, Inc. is a diversified homebuilding and land development company in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Builder operations Central, Builder operations Southeast, and Land Development. The Builder operations Central segment operates builders in Texas; and the closing and delivery of homes. The Builder operations Southeast operates builders in Georgia and Florida. The Land Development segment acquires land for the development of residential lots that are transferred to our controlled builders or sold to third party homebuilders. It also provides financial services platform, including mortgage and title services. In addition, the company is engaged in all aspects of the homebuilding process, including land acquisition and development, entitlements, design, construction, marketing, and sales for its residential neighborhoods and master-planned communities. Green Brick Partners, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Plano, 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.