Head-To-Head Comparison: Janus International Group (NYSE:JBI) and Everus Construction Group (NYSE:ECG)

Janus International Group (NYSE:JBI) and Everus Construction Group (NYSE:ECG) are both construction companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Janus International Group and Everus Construction Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Janus International Group	0	3	1	0	2.25
Everus Construction Group	0	3	2	1	2.67

Janus International Group presently has a consensus price target of $10.67, indicating a potential upside of 4.32%. Everus Construction Group has a consensus price target of $90.67, indicating a potential upside of 0.44%. Given Janus International Group’s higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Janus International Group is more favorable than Everus Construction Group.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

88.8% of Janus International Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of Janus International Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Everus Construction Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Janus International Group	4.85%	13.10%	5.36%
Everus Construction Group	5.07%	35.83%	12.27%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Janus International Group and Everus Construction Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Janus International Group	$963.80 million	1.47	$70.40 million	$0.31	32.98
Everus Construction Group	$2.85 billion	1.62	$143.42 million	$3.24	27.86

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

Summary

Everus Construction Group beats Janus International Group on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Janus International Group

Janus International Group, Inc. manufacturers and supplies turn-key self-storage, and commercial and industrial building solutions in North America and internationally. The company offers roll up and swing doors, hallway systems, relocatable storage moveable additional storage structures units, and other solutions. It also provides facility and door automation and access control technologies; and Noke smart entry system. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Temple, Georgia.

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.