Comparing YIT Oyj (OTCMKTS:YITYY) and Limbach (NASDAQ:LMB)

YIT Oyj (OTCMKTS:YITYY) and Limbach (NASDAQ:LMB) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

55.8% of Limbach shares are held by institutional investors. 7.0% of Limbach shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares YIT Oyj and Limbach’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
YIT Oyj	N/A	N/A	N/A
Limbach	4.42%	23.22%	11.48%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares YIT Oyj and Limbach”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
YIT Oyj	N/A	N/A	N/A	C$0.20	7.74
Limbach	$646.80 million	0.79	$39.06 million	$2.50	17.16

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for YIT Oyj and Limbach, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
YIT Oyj	0	0	0	0	0.00
Limbach	2	1	1	0	1.75

Limbach has a consensus price target of $62.00, suggesting a potential upside of 44.52%. Given Limbach’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Limbach is more favorable than YIT Oyj.

Summary

Limbach beats YIT Oyj on 11 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About YIT Oyj

YIT Oyj provides construction services in Finland, Central Eastern European, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Baltic countries, and internationally. It operates through The Housing, The Business Premises, The Infrastructure, and Other segments. The company develops and constructs apartments, residential areas, living services, and leisure-time residences; and develops and carries business premises and hybrid projects. It also constructs and renovates projects for office, retail, sports, hotel, commercial, logistics, and industrial buildings, as well as public buildings, such as hospitals, health and wellbeing centers, day care centers, schools, and multipurpose buildings. In addition, the company undertakes pipe renovation works for housing companies. Further, the company is involved in the railway and traffic route construction and maintenance, green construction, bridge building and repairing, foundation construction and other earthwork, and shoreline and water works construction activities; and undertakes construction works, such as excavation and structural engineering, water supply construction, and implementing parking facilities. YIT Oyj was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.

About Limbach

Limbach Holdings, Inc. operates as a building systems solution company in the United States. It operates through two segments, General Contractor Relationships and Owner Direct Relationships. The company engages in the construction and renovation projects that involve primarily include mechanical, plumbing, and electrical services. It also provides critical system repair, MEP infrastructure projects, maintenance contracts, building automation upgrades, data driven insights, and program management services. In addition, it offers captive engineering capabilities, estimating and virtual design; and professional engineering, energy analysis, estimation, and detail design and three-dimensional building installation coordination services. The company serves research, acute care, and inpatient hospitals; public and private colleges, universities, research centers; sports arenas; entertainment facilities, and amusement rides and parks; data centers; automotive, energy and general manufacturing plants; and life sciences, including organizations and companies, whose work is centered around research and development focused on living things. Limbach Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1901 and is headquartered in Warrendale, Pennsylvania.