Southland (SLND) vs. Its Rivals Head-To-Head Comparison

Southland (NASDAQ:SLND) is one of 188 publicly-traded companies in the “Construction & Engineering” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Southland to related businesses based on the strength of its risk, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Southland and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Southland	0	1	0	0	2.00
Southland Competitors	846	3456	7343	356	2.60

As a group, “Construction & Engineering” companies have a potential upside of 40.81%. Given Southland’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Southland has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Southland and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Southland	$603.01 million	-$19.25 million	-0.10
Southland Competitors	$10.73 billion	$456.60 million	-5,802.63

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

Risk and Volatility

Southland has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southland’s rivals have a beta of 1.60, suggesting that their average share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

2.8% of Southland shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.9% of shares of all “Construction & Engineering” companies are owned by institutional investors. 73.4% of Southland shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.9% of shares of all “Construction & Engineering” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Southland and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Southland	-10.38%	-47.71%	-8.75%
Southland Competitors	-4.05%	2.62%	3.83%

Summary

Southland rivals beat Southland on 11 of the 13 factors compared.

About Southland

Southland Holdings, Inc. engages in specialty infrastructure construction business in North America and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Civil and Transportation. The Civil segment designs and constructs water pipelines, pump stations, lift stations, water and wastewater treatment plants, concrete and structural steel, outfall, and tunneling. The Transportation segment designs and constructs bridges, roadways, marine, dredging, ship terminals and piers, and specialty structures and facilities, as well as convention centers, sports stadiums, marine facilities, and ferris wheels. Southland Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1900 and is headquartered in Grapevine, Texas.