Analyzing Taisei (OTCMKTS:TISCF) & Concrete Pumping (NASDAQ:BBCP)

Concrete Pumping (NASDAQ:BBCP) and Taisei (OTCMKTS:TISCF) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Concrete Pumping and Taisei, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Concrete Pumping	0	3	1	1	2.60
Taisei	0	0	0	0	0.00

Concrete Pumping presently has a consensus target price of $10.25, indicating a potential upside of 15.43%. Given Concrete Pumping’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Concrete Pumping is more favorable than Taisei.

Profitability

This table compares Concrete Pumping and Taisei’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%
Taisei	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional and Insider Ownership

34.2% of Concrete Pumping shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.7% of Taisei shares are held by institutional investors. 28.2% of Concrete Pumping shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Concrete Pumping and Taisei”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Concrete Pumping	$392.87 million	1.14	$6.37 million	$0.14	63.43
Taisei	N/A	N/A	N/A	$27.88	4.36

Concrete Pumping has higher revenue and earnings than Taisei. Taisei is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Concrete Pumping, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Concrete Pumping beats Taisei on 11 of the 12 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 Taisei

Taisei Corporation engages in the civil engineering, construction, and real estate development businesses in Japan. The company constructs offices, commercial facilities, factories, schools, hospitals, tunnels, bridges, dams, railways, expressways, etc.; and engineers production facilities and development facilities for pharmaceutical and logistics fields. It also involved in the redevelopment, public-private partnership/private finance initiative, property management, in-house development, and condominium sales projects. The company was formerly known as Nippon Doboku Corporation and changed its name to Taisei Corporation in 1946. Taisei Corporation was founded in 1873 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.