TSS (NASDAQ:TSSI) versus Weir Group (OTCMKTS:WEGRY) Financial Contrast

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for TSS and Weir Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TSS	0	1	1	0	2.50
Weir Group	0	3	1	2	2.83

TSS currently has a consensus price target of $17.75, suggesting a potential upside of 105.68%. Given TSS’s higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe TSS is more favorable than Weir Group.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TSS	2.08%	21.81%	3.79%
Weir Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Risk & Volatility

TSS has a beta of 2.03, indicating that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Weir Group has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TSS	$148.00 million	1.68	$5.98 million	$0.20	43.15
Weir Group	$3.20 billion	N/A	$398.96 million	N/A	N/A

Weir Group has higher revenue and earnings than TSS.

Summary

TSS beats Weir Group on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About TSS

TSS, Inc. offers planning, design, engineering, construction management, commissioning and maintenance services. It provides these services primarily for specialized facilities such as data centers, communications rooms, call centers, laboratories, trading floors, network operations centers, medical facilities and similar environments. TSS Inc., formerly known as Fortress International Group, Inc., is based in Columbia, United States.

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.