Southland (SLND) versus Its Competitors Financial Analysis

Southland (NASDAQ:SLND) is one of 18 publicly-traded companies in the “Heavy construction, except building construction – contractors” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Southland to similar businesses based on the strength of its profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

2.9% of Southland shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.1% of shares of all “Heavy construction, except building construction – contractors” companies are held by institutional investors. 11.4% of shares of all “Heavy construction, except building construction – contractors” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Southland and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Southland	0	1	1	0	2.50
Southland Competitors	47	483	760	18	2.57

Southland currently has a consensus target price of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 45.63%. As a group, “Heavy construction, except building construction – contractors” companies have a potential upside of 4.24%. Given Southland’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Southland is more favorable than its rivals.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Southland and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Southland	$1.16 billion	-$19.25 million	-12.26
Southland Competitors	$19.57 billion	$725.52 million	25.61

Southland’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Southland. Southland is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Southland and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Southland	-1.66%	-14.55%	-3.27%
Southland Competitors	1.81%	6.34%	2.87%

Summary

Southland rivals beat Southland on 11 of the 12 factors compared.

About Southland

Southland Holdings, Inc. engages in specialty infrastructure construction business in North America and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Civil and Transportation. The Civil segment designs and constructs water pipelines, pump stations, lift stations, water and wastewater treatment plants, concrete and structural steel, outfall, and tunneling. The Transportation segment designs and constructs bridges, roadways, marine, dredging, ship terminals and piers, and specialty structures and facilities, as well as convention centers, sports stadiums, marine facilities, and ferris wheels. Southland Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1900 and is headquartered in Grapevine, Texas.