Everus (NYSE:ECG) and Toll Brothers (NYSE:TOL) Financial Contrast

Toll Brothers (NYSE:TOL) and Everus (NYSE:ECG) are both construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Toll Brothers and Everus”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Toll Brothers	$10.85 billion	1.25	$1.57 billion	$15.03	9.02
Everus	$2.73 billion	1.31	$137.23 million	N/A	N/A

Toll Brothers has higher revenue and earnings than Everus.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Toll Brothers and Everus, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Toll Brothers	1	5	8	1	2.60
Everus	0	2	2	0	2.50

Toll Brothers presently has a consensus target price of $156.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.01%. Everus has a consensus target price of $73.33, suggesting a potential upside of 4.96%. Given Toll Brothers’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Toll Brothers is more favorable than Everus.

Profitability

This table compares Toll Brothers and Everus’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Toll Brothers	14.48%	19.64%	11.02%
Everus	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional and Insider Ownership

91.8% of Toll Brothers shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Toll Brothers shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Toll Brothers beats Everus on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Toll Brothers

Toll Brothers, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, builds, markets, sells, and arranges finance for a range of detached and attached homes in luxury residential communities in the United States. It designs, builds, markets, and sells condominiums through Toll Brothers City Living. The company also develops a range of single-story living and first-floor primary bedroom suite home designs, as well as communities with recreational amenities, such as golf courses, marinas, pool complexes, country clubs, and fitness and recreation centers; and develops, operates, and rents apartments. In addition, it provides various interior fit-out options, such as flooring, wall tile, plumbing, cabinets, fixtures, appliances, lighting, and home-automation and security technologies. Further, the company owns and operates architectural, engineering, mortgage, title, land development, insurance, smart home technology, landscaping, lumber distribution, house component assembly, and component manufacturing operations. It serves luxury first-time, move-up, empty-nester, active-adult, and second-home buyers. Toll Brothers, Inc. was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania.

About Everus

Everus Construction Group is providing a full spectrum of construction services through its electrical and mechanical and transmission and distribution specialty contracting services principally in United States. Its specialty contracting services are provided to utility, transportation, commercial, industrial, institutional, renewable and other customers. Everus Construction Group is based in BISMARCK, N.D.