Head-To-Head Survey: Concrete Pumping (NASDAQ:BBCP) and Enviri (NYSE:NVRI)

Concrete Pumping (NASDAQ:BBCP) and Enviri (NYSE:NVRI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Risk & Volatility

Concrete Pumping has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enviri has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Concrete Pumping and Enviri, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Concrete Pumping	0	2	1	1	2.75
Enviri	1	3	1	0	2.00

Concrete Pumping currently has a consensus target price of $10.25, indicating a potential downside of 2.29%. Enviri has a consensus target price of $22.25, indicating a potential upside of 0.23%. Given Enviri’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Enviri is more favorable than Concrete Pumping.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Concrete Pumping and Enviri”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Concrete Pumping	$392.87 million	1.35	$6.37 million	$0.14	74.93
Enviri	$1.27 billion	0.49	-$167.60 million	N/A	N/A

Concrete Pumping has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Enviri.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

34.2% of Concrete Pumping shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of Enviri shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.2% of Concrete Pumping shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Enviri shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Concrete Pumping and Enviri’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Concrete Pumping	2.23%	3.47%	1.03%
Enviri	-7.50%	-8.59%	-1.09%

Summary

Concrete Pumping beats Enviri on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Concrete Pumping

Concrete Pumping Holdings, Inc. provides concrete pumping and waste management services in the United States and the United Kingdom. The company offers concrete pumping services to general contractors and concrete finishing companies in the commercial, infrastructure, and residential sectors under the Brundage-Bone and Capital Pumping brands; and industrial cleanup and containment services primarily to customers in the construction industry under the Eco-Pan brand. It leases and rents concrete pumping equipment, pans, and containers. As of October 31, 2023, the company owned a fleet of approximately 930 boom pumps, 90 placing booms, 20 telebelts, 300 stationary pumps, and 115 waste management trucks. Concrete Pumping Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Thornton, Colorado.

About Enviri

Enviri Corporation provides environmental solutions for industrial and specialty waste streams in the United States and internationally. The company operates through two segments: Harsco Environmental and Clean Earth. The Harsco Environmental segment offers on-site services under long-term contracts for material logistics, product quality improvement, and resource recovery for iron, steel, and metals manufacturing; manufactures and sells industrial abrasives, roofing granules, aluminum dross, and scrap processing systems; and meltshop and furnace services, such as under-vessel cleaning, removal of ladle slag, and general melt shop debris. This segment also produces and sells value-added downstream products from industrial waste-stream, including road surfacing and materials, such as slag-based asphalt product under the SteelPhal brand; abrasives and roofing materials under the BLACK BEAUTY and SURE/CUT brand names; Metallurgical Additives; agriculture and turf products comprising soil conditioners and fertilizers under the CrossOver and AgrowSil brands; and cement additives. The Clean Earth segment provides specialty waste processing, treatment, recycling, and beneficial reuse solutions for waste needs, such as hazardous, non-hazardous, and contaminated soils and dredged materials to industrial, retail, healthcare, and construction industries. The company was formerly known as Harsco Corporation and changed its name to Enviri Corporation in June 2023. The company was founded in 1853 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.