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Are Business Services Stocks Lagging Concrete Pumping Holdings (BBCP) This Year?

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Investors interested in Business Services stocks should always be looking to find the best-performing companies in the group. Is Concrete Pumping (BBCP - Free Report) one of those stocks right now? By taking a look at the stock's year-to-date performance in comparison to its Business Services peers, we might be able to answer that question.

Concrete Pumping is one of 248 companies in the Business Services group. The Business Services group currently sits at #11 within the Zacks Sector Rank. The Zacks Sector Rank includes 16 different groups and is listed in order from best to worst in terms of the average Zacks Rank of the individual companies within each of these sectors.

The Zacks Rank is a proven system that emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions, highlighting a variety of stocks that are displaying the right characteristics to beat the market over the next one to three months. Concrete Pumping is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).

Over the past three months, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for BBCP's full-year earnings has moved 11.8% higher. This means that analyst sentiment is stronger and the stock's earnings outlook is improving.

Our latest available data shows that BBCP has returned about 43.1% since the start of the calendar year. In comparison, Business Services companies have returned an average of -12.8%. This means that Concrete Pumping is outperforming the sector as a whole this year.

Another Business Services stock, which has outperformed the sector so far this year, is Cricut, Inc. (CRCT - Free Report) . The stock has returned 19.6% year-to-date.

Over the past three months, Cricut, Inc.'s consensus EPS estimate for the current year has increased 128.6%. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy).

Looking more specifically, Concrete Pumping belongs to the Waste Removal Services industry, a group that includes 23 individual stocks and currently sits at #159 in the Zacks Industry Rank. On average, this group has lost an average of 9.3% so far this year, meaning that BBCP is performing better in terms of year-to-date returns.

Cricut, Inc., however, belongs to the Technology Services industry. Currently, this 122-stock industry is ranked #159. The industry has moved -12.6% so far this year.

Concrete Pumping and Cricut, Inc. could continue their solid performance, so investors interested in Business Services stocks should continue to pay close attention to these stocks.

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