Matrix Service Company
What analysts say:
- Buy, sell, or hold?: The majority of analysts back Matrix Service Company as a buy. But with 60% of analysts rating it a buy, Matrix Service Company is still below the mean analyst rating of its nearest 10 competitors, which average 68.1% buys. Analysts like Matrix Service Company better than competitor Willbros Group overall. Five out of 11 analysts rate Willbros Group a buy compared to three of five for Matrix Service Company. While analysts still rate the stock a moderate buy, they are a little more optimistic about it compared to three months ago.
- Revenue Forecasts: On average, analysts predict $165.8 million in revenue this quarter. That would represent a rise of 9.2% from the year-ago quarter.
- Wall Street Earnings Expectations: The average analyst estimate is earnings of $0.17 per share. Estimates range from $0.16 to $0.19.
What our community says:
CAPS All-Stars are solidly behind the stock with 100% giving it an "outperform" rating. The community at large concurs with the All-Stars with 95.9% awarding it a rating of "outperform." Fools have embraced Matrix Service Company, though the message boards have been quiet lately with only 79 posts in the past 30 days. Matrix Service Company has a bullish CAPS rating of five out of five stars that is about on par with the Fool community assessment.
Management:
The company increased its gross margin by 10.1 percentage points in the last quarter. Revenue rose 16.3% while cost of sales rose 4.2% to $142.8 million from a year earlier.
Quarter | Q4 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
Gross Margin | 12.8% | 13.6% | 11.3% | 10.3% |
Operating Margin | 5.8% | 5.6% | 4.9% | 3.4% |
Net Margin | 3.5% | 3.6% | 3.0% | 2.0% |
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