Ferrovial (NASDAQ:FER) & Williams Industrial Services Group (OTCMKTS:WLMS) Head-To-Head Review

Williams Industrial Services Group (OTCMKTS:WLMS) and Ferrovial (NASDAQ:FER) are both construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Williams Industrial Services Group and Ferrovial”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Williams Industrial Services Group	$238.12 million	0.00	-$13.68 million	($0.46)	N/A
Ferrovial	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Ferrovial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Williams Industrial Services Group.

Profitability

This table compares Williams Industrial Services Group and Ferrovial’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Williams Industrial Services Group	-4.33%	-42.93%	-10.78%
Ferrovial	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

41.4% of Williams Industrial Services Group shares are held by institutional investors. 33.0% of Williams Industrial Services Group shares are held 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Williams Industrial Services Group and Ferrovial, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Williams Industrial Services Group	0	0	0	0	0.00
Ferrovial	0	1	1	0	2.50

Ferrovial has a consensus price target of $48.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.73%. Given Ferrovial’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ferrovial is more favorable than Williams Industrial Services Group.

Summary

Ferrovial beats Williams Industrial Services Group on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Williams Industrial Services Group

Williams Industrial Services Group Inc. provides construction, maintenance, and support services to customers in the energy, power, and industrial end markets primarily in the United States. It offers maintenance, modification, repair, and other capital project services to extend life cycles of nuclear, paper, chemical, fossil fuel, industrial gas, hydro power, natural gas, and other facilities. The company also provides cleaning, surface preparation, coatings application, quality control, and inspection testing services for nuclear and fossil fuel power plants, industrial facilities, and petrochemical plants; industrial insulation services, primarily in power generation installations; and abatement services for the removal of asbestos and heavy metal-based coatings, such as lead paint. In addition, it offers services to convert analog control systems to digital control systems of operating plants; fossil power plants decommissioning services; and nuclear power plant construction services. Further, the company installs, maintains, and modifies water and wastewater systems, including piping, pumping, storage tanks, and other related facilities; and replaces, repairs, and upgrades industrial facility roofing systems, principally at pulp and paper manufacturing facilities and nuclear power plant locations. It markets its services through sales and marketing personnel, as well as its on-site operations personnel. The company was formerly known as Global Power Equipment Group Inc. and changed its name to Williams Industrial Services Group Inc. in June 2018. Williams Industrial Services Group Inc. was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

About Ferrovial

Ferrovial SE, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, construction, financing, operation, and maintenance of transport infrastructure and urban services internationally. It operates through four segments: Construction, Toll Roads, Airports, and Energy Infrastructures and Mobility. The company designs and executes various public and private works, including the construction of public infrastructure; and develops, finances, and operates toll roads. It also develops, finances, and operates airports; and develops, finances, and operates power transmission lines and renewable energy generation plants, as well as offers mobility and waste management plants and services to the mining industry in Chile. In addition, the company promotes, constructs, and operates energy generation and transmission infrastructures. The company was founded in 1952 and is based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.