Aspen Aerogels (NYSE:ASPN) & Everus Construction Group (NYSE:ECG) Head-To-Head Survey

Aspen Aerogels (NYSE:ASPN) and Everus Construction Group (NYSE:ECG) are both construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Aspen Aerogels and Everus Construction Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aspen Aerogels	1	2	6	1	2.70
Everus Construction Group	0	2	2	0	2.50

Aspen Aerogels currently has a consensus target price of $19.50, indicating a potential upside of 168.97%. Everus Construction Group has a consensus target price of $80.3333, indicating a potential upside of 6.33%. Given Aspen Aerogels’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Aspen Aerogels is more favorable than Everus Construction Group.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Aspen Aerogels and Everus Construction Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aspen Aerogels	$452.70 million	1.32	$13.38 million	($3.81)	-1.90
Everus Construction Group	$2.85 billion	1.35	$143.42 million	$3.24	23.32

Everus Construction Group has higher revenue and earnings than Aspen Aerogels. Aspen Aerogels is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Everus Construction Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Aspen Aerogels and Everus Construction Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aspen Aerogels	-78.53%	2.92%	1.85%
Everus Construction Group	5.07%	35.83%	12.27%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

97.6% of Aspen Aerogels shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of Aspen Aerogels shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Everus Construction Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Everus Construction Group beats Aspen Aerogels on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Aspen Aerogels

Aspen Aerogels, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and sells aerogel insulation products primarily for use in the energy infrastructure and sustainable insulation materials markets in the United States, Asia, Canada, Europe, and Latin America. It operates in two segments, Energy Industrial and Thermal Barrier. The company offers PyroThin thermal barriers for use in lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles and energy storage industries; Pyrogel XTE that reduces the risk of corrosion under insulation in energy infrastructure operating systems; and Pyrogel HPS for applications within the power generation market. It also offers Pyrogel XTF to provide protection against fire; Cryogel Z for sub-ambient and cryogenic applications in the energy infrastructure market; Spaceloft Subsea for use in pipe-in-pipe applications in offshore oil production; and Cryogel X201, which is used in designing cold systems, such as refrigerated appliances, cold storage equipment, and aerospace systems. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Northborough, Massachusetts.

About Everus Construction Group

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.