Financial Survey: Weir Group (OTCMKTS:WEGRY) versus TSS (NASDAQ:TSSI)

Weir Group (OTCMKTS:WEGRY) and TSS (NASDAQ:TSSI) are both construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for Weir Group and TSS, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Weir Group	0	3	1	2	2.83
TSS	0	1	1	0	2.50

TSS has a consensus target price of $17.75, suggesting a potential upside of 109.56%. Given TSS’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe TSS is more favorable than Weir Group.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Weir Group and TSS”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Weir Group	$3.20 billion	N/A	$398.96 million	N/A	N/A
TSS	$148.00 million	1.65	$5.98 million	$0.20	42.35

Weir Group has higher revenue and earnings than TSS.

Volatility & Risk

Weir Group has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TSS has a beta of 2.03, indicating that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Weir Group and TSS’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Weir Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
TSS	2.08%	21.81%	3.79%

Summary

TSS beats Weir Group on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Weir Group

The Weir Group PLC produces and sells highly engineered original equipment worldwide. It operates in two segments, Minerals and ESCO. The Minerals segment offers engineering, manufacturing, and service processing technology for the use in abrasive high-wear mining applications; and differentiated technology for the use in infrastructure and general industrial markets. The ESCO segment provides ground engaging tools for large mining machines. This segment also offers cloud-based Artificial Intelligence solutions to the mining industry; manufactures and distributes highly engineered wear parts; and offers aftermarket services to the mining industry. The company offers its products under the Accumin, All-Cast, Aspir, Bucyrus Blades, Carbide Plus, Cavex, Delta Industrial, Enduron, ESCO, EverSharp, GEHO, GeoVor, Infinity, Isogate, Kwik-Lok, Lewis, Linacure, Linagard, Linard, Linatex, Loadmaster, MaxTemp, Motion Metrics, Multiflo, Nemisys, Posilok, Production Master, ProFill, Sand,aster, Super V, SV2, Synertrex, TopLock, Trio, UltraEdge, Ultrlok, Uni-Lok, Vulco, Warman, and Whisler Plus brands. The Weir Group PLC was founded in 1871 and is headquartered in Glasgow, the United Kingdom.

About TSS

TSS, Inc. offers planning, design, engineering, construction management, commissioning and maintenance services. It provides these services primarily for specialized facilities such as data centers, communications rooms, call centers, laboratories, trading floors, network operations centers, medical facilities and similar environments. TSS Inc., formerly known as Fortress International Group, Inc., is based in Columbia, United States.