LGN (LGN) & Its Competitors Financial Review

LGN (NASDAQ:LGN) is one of 190 public companies in the “Construction & Engineering” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare LGN to similar businesses based on the strength of its risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and dividends.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

48.3% of shares of all “Construction & Engineering” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of LGN shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.8% of shares of all “Construction & Engineering” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares LGN and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
LGN	$2.55 billion	-$59.78 million	132.42
LGN Competitors	$9.52 billion	$451.69 million	-5,854.26

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

Profitability

This table compares LGN and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LGN	-1.20%	4.33%	1.23%
LGN Competitors	-4.00%	3.86%	3.79%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for LGN and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LGN	1	1	10	2	2.93
LGN Competitors	826	3390	7213	350	2.60

LGN currently has a consensus price target of $99.50, suggesting a potential upside of 87.84%. As a group, “Construction & Engineering” companies have a potential upside of 36.52%. Given LGN’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe LGN is more favorable than its peers.

Summary

LGN beats its peers on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

LGN Company Profile

Legence Corp. is a provider of engineering, consulting, installation and maintenance services for mission-critical systems in buildings. The company specializes in designing, fabricating and installing complex HVAC, process piping and other mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems. Legence Corp. is based in SAN JOSE, Calif.