Contrasting Harris & Harris Group (NASDAQ:TURN) & Weir Group (OTCMKTS:WEGRY)

Harris & Harris Group (NASDAQ:TURN) and Weir Group (OTCMKTS:WEGRY) are both construction companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

19.8% of Harris & Harris Group shares are held by institutional investors. 11.8% of Harris & Harris Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Harris & Harris Group and Weir Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Harris & Harris Group	0	0	0	0	0.00
Weir Group	0	1	1	4	3.50

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Harris & Harris Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Weir Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility & Risk

Harris & Harris Group has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Weir Group has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Harris & Harris Group and Weir Group”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Harris & Harris Group	$190,000.00	221.89	-$3.87 million	N/A	N/A
Weir Group	$3.20 billion	N/A	$398.96 million	N/A	N/A

Weir Group has higher revenue and earnings than Harris & Harris Group.

Summary

Weir Group beats Harris & Harris Group on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Harris & Harris Group

180 Degree Capital Corp. is a publicly owned corporate pension plan sponsor. It primarily provides its services to pension and profit sharing plans. The firm is a large advisory firm which provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles, pension consulting services. It manages separate client focused equity and balanced funds. It invests in exchange-traded equity securities, non exchange-traded equity securities, cash and cash equivalents and assets of the adviser that are primarily receivables and prepaid expenses. The firm conducts in-house research to make investments. The firm was formerly known as Harris & Harris Group, Inc. 180 Degree Capital Corp. was founded in 1981 and is based in Montclair, New Jersey.

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.