BBUC vs CDZI vs NWPX Stock Comparison

Brookfield Business, Cadiz and NWPX Infrastructure Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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BBUC Brookfield Business Corp
$28.69 +13.5% 1M -20.2% 1Y
Market cap
$2.48B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$26.95B
Div. yield
0.04%
Engineering and Construction Industrials
3 wins
CDZI Cadiz Inc
$4.71 +31.6% 1M -14.5% 1Y
Market cap
$380.77M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$14.34M
Div. yield
–
Water Treatment Industrials

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

NWPX Infrastructure leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (NWPX Infrastructure 6, Brookfield Business 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBBUCCDZINWPXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.48B $380.77M $947.89M BBUC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -30.6x -9.3x 17.7x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 3.2x — 18.9x BBUC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -10.5% -4.8% +15.9% NWPX
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -0.3% -286.1% 8.9% NWPX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 12.5% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 5.4x — 0.2x NWPX
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.04% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -20.2% -14.5% +76.0% NWPX
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — -5.0%/yr +32.8%/yr NWPX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 36.4% 66.6% 40.0% BBUC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 60/100 23/100 80/100 NWPX

Percentile Scorecard

BBUCCDZINWPX

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisBBUCCDZINWPX
Valuation 98 #2 of 52 15 #18 of 21 100 #1 of 21
Growth 22 #29 of 37 39 #12 of 19 94 #2 of 19
Profitability 78 #9 of 37 20 #13 of 16 80 #4 of 16
Financial Health 16 #48 of 57 20 #17 of 21 70 #7 of 21
Shareholder Returns 85 #5 of 27 – 56 #5 of 10
Overall 60 23 80
  • BBUC ranked among 57 companies in Construction Services
  • CDZI ranked among 22 companies in Environmental Equipment
  • NWPX ranked among 22 companies in Environmental Equipment

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodBBUCCDZINWPXSPY
1 month +13.5%+31.6%-4.3% +0.7%
3 months -8.8%+50.0%-22.8% +3.7%
6 months -15.9%+8.8%-0.3% +7.1%
Year to date -20.0%-16.0%+56.8% +12.8%
1 year -20.2%-14.5%+76.0% +11.9%
3 years +93.3%+60.2%+253.8% +85.2%
3 years, per year +24.6%+17.0%+52.4% +22.8%
5 years —-22.4%+312.5% +67.6%
5 years, per year —-5.0%+32.8% +10.9%
10 years —-36.8%+647.0% +262.0%
10 years, per year —-4.5%+22.3% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureBBUCCDZINWPXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 36.4%66.6%40.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 40.0%64.2%34.4% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.981.441.30 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.55-0.221.90 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -61.5%-75.0%-35.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -23.8%-31.9%-34.6% -1.2%
52-week high $37.64$6.92$149.94 $779.14
52-week low $25.06$2.98$53.85 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleBBUCCDZINWPX
P/E now vs peer median -30.6xmedian 28.1x -9.7xmedian 25.4x 17.7xmedian 25.4x
P/S now vs peer median 0.1xmedian 0.8x 27.6xmedian 2.5x 1.6xmedian 2.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 5.8xmedian 12.7x —median 17.9x 10.3xmedian 17.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 25.0x —median 22.3x 10.9xmedian 22.3x
P/B now vs peer median 0.2xmedian 2.5x 85.0xmedian 1.8x 2.2xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.60 2.30median 1.73 0.54median 1.73

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsBBUCCDZINWPX
Revenue $26.95B $14.34M $602.76M
Gross profit $5.31B $4.25M $125.97M
Operating income $4.15B -$26.90M $71.15M
Net income $305.00M -$35.98M $53.48M
Free cash flow $2.70B – $86.83M
EPS (diluted) – $-1,199.69 $5.45
Cash & equivalents $3.45B $5.32M $6.06M
Total debt $43.93B $278.50M $21.50M
Shares (diluted) – 34.19K 9.81M
Enterprise value -$17.74B $349.21M $905.98M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricBBUCCDZINWPX
P/E -30.6x -9.7x 17.7x
P/FCF 0.9x – 10.9x
P/Operating cash flow 0.9x – 8.8x
P/S 0.1x 27.6x 1.6x
P/B 0.2x 85.0x 2.2x
P/Tangible book -1.0x 85.0x 2.3x
EV/EBITDA 5.8x – 10.3x
EV/EBIT 10.0x -17.8x 13.5x
EV/Revenue 1.5x 33.3x 1.6x
EV/FCF 15.4x – 11.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 15.4x – 9.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 2.30 0.54

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBBUCCDZINWPX
Revenue growth (1Y) -10.5% -4.8% 15.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -13.2% 89.3% 11.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -13.8% -12.7% 26.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 5.2% 97.5% 16.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) -15.9% -8.9% 47.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 9.9% -12.0% 25.2%
Net income growth (1Y) -70.0% -9.9% 46.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -3.3% -4.9% 31.4%
EPS growth (1Y) – -8.4% 46.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -4.2% 32.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -34.9% – 58.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 54.1% – 43.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -34.9% – 80.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 51.7% – 92.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBBUCCDZINWPX
Gross margin 19.7% 29.6% 20.9%
EBITDA margin 26.8% – 15.4%
Operating margin 15.4% -187.6% 11.8%
Pretax margin 1.4% -250.5% 11.4%
Net margin -0.3% -286.1% 8.9%
FCF margin 10.0% – 14.4%
Operating cash flow margin 10.0% – 17.7%
Return on equity – -257.3% 12.5%
Return on assets 0.4% -26.1% 7.9%
Return on invested capital – – 12.5%
Return on capital employed 6.4% -21.0% 12.9%
Asset turnover 0.3x 0.1x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 8.9x – 2.0x
Stock comp / revenue – – 1.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBBUCCDZINWPX
Debt / assets 55.7% 64.5% 3.1%
Debt / equity 2.8x 18.6x 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 5.4x – 0.2x
Debt / FCF 16.2x – 0.2x
Liabilities / assets 80.4% 96.5% 37.0%
Equity / assets 19.6% 3.5% 63.0%
Interest coverage – -2.9x 48.6x
Current ratio 1.4x 1.2x 2.6x
Quick ratio 0.9x 0.9x 1.8x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.5x 0.0x
Altman Z-score – -6.11 4.40

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBBUCCDZINWPX
Dividend yield 2.8% – –
Net buyback yield – – 0.7%
Shareholder yield 2.8% – 0.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) 31.1% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 3.5% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -2.3% – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusBBUCCDZINWPX
Forward P/E 3.2xFY2026 – 18.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $8.99FY2026 $-0.54FY2026 $5.19FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +54.5%FY2026 – +45.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +9.0% – -7.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.12BFY2026 $8.61MFY2026 $573.90MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -51.8%FY2026 -47.2%FY2026 +9.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -100.0% +109.5% +3.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBBUCCDZINWPX
Held by institutions 55.0% 46.7% 89.5%
Institutions holding 149 117 225
Change in shares held, QoQ +13.6% +4.0% +4.6%
Institutions buying 93 54 125
Institutions selling 33 39 65
Buyers to sellers 2.82 1.38 1.92

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

BBUCCDZINWPX
BBUC 1.00 0.19 0.28
CDZI 0.19 1.00 0.18
NWPX 0.28 0.18 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BBUC, CDZI and NWPX?

Brookfield Business (BBUC) is the largest by market capitalisation: Brookfield Business (BBUC) $2.48B, Cadiz (CDZI) $380.77M, NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) $947.89M.

Which company is growing faster?

NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Brookfield Business (BBUC) -10.5%, Cadiz (CDZI) -4.8%, NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) +15.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) has the highest net margin (Brookfield Business (BBUC) -0.3%, Cadiz (CDZI) -286.1%, NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) 8.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) returned the most: Brookfield Business (BBUC) -20.2%, Cadiz (CDZI) -14.5%, NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) +76.0%. Over five years, NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) compounded fastest (Cadiz (CDZI) -5.0%/yr, NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) +32.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Brookfield Business (BBUC) 0.04%, Cadiz (CDZI) 0.00%, NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) 0.00%. Cadiz (CDZI) and NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Brookfield Business (BBUC) has been the steadiest (Brookfield Business (BBUC) 36.4%, Cadiz (CDZI) 66.6%, NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) 40.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BBUC, CDZI and NWPX?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.