Everus Construction Group, Inc. vs Installed Building Products, Inc., two Homebuilders stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ECG and IBP diverge most: on revenue growth, ECG reads +29.8% and IBP reads +0.4%; on debt / equity, ECG reads 0.43 and IBP reads 1.66. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What ECG's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What IBP's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | ECG | IBP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $130.03 | $227.48 |
| Market cap | $6.7B | $6.1B |
| Sector | Homebuilders | Homebuilders |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +24.6% |
| P/E | 29.8 | 24.3 |
| P/B | 9.69 | 9.19 |
| P/S | 1.68 | 2.08 |
| EV/EBITDA | 23.2 | 15.3 |
| Revenue growth | +29.8% | +0.4% |
| Gross margin | 12.6% | 32.1% |
| Operating margin | 7.5% | 8.7% |
| Net margin | 5.7% | 8.7% |
| Return on equity | 32.5% | 38.2% |
| Return on assets | 12.1% | 11.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 23.5% | 15.6% |
| FCF yield | 3.5% | 5.1% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.4% |
| Debt / equity | 0.43 | 1.66 |
| Current ratio | 1.77 | 3.35 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.53 | 4.84 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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