Head to Head Review: Ferrovial (NASDAQ:FER) and Southland (NASDAQ:SLND)

Ferrovial (NASDAQ:FER) and Southland (NASDAQ:SLND) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Ferrovial and Southland, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ferrovial	0	0	1	0	3.00
Southland	0	1	1	0	2.50

Ferrovial currently has a consensus target price of $48.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.88%. Southland has a consensus target price of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 87.97%. Given Southland’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Southland is more favorable than Ferrovial.

Profitability

This table compares Ferrovial and Southland’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ferrovial	N/A	N/A	N/A
Southland	-1.28%	-14.31%	-3.15%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

2.9% of Southland shares are held by institutional investors. 79.0% of Southland shares are held by company 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.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Ferrovial and Southland’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ferrovial	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Southland	$1.16 billion	0.17	-$19.25 million	($0.32)	-12.47

Ferrovial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Southland.

About Ferrovial

Ferrovial SE, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, construction, financing, operation, and maintenance of transport infrastructure and urban services internationally. It operates through four segments: Construction, Toll Roads, Airports, and Energy Infrastructures and Mobility. The company designs and executes various public and private works, including the construction of public infrastructure; and develops, finances, and operates toll roads. It also develops, finances, and operates airports; and develops, finances, and operates power transmission lines and renewable energy generation plants, as well as offers mobility and waste management plants and services to the mining industry in Chile. In addition, the company promotes, constructs, and operates energy generation and transmission infrastructures. The company was founded in 1952 and is based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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.