DY vs. PRIM, MTZ, RYN, SKY, GTES, ACA, KNF, STRL, AWI, and TPH
Should you be buying Dycom Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dycom Industries include Primoris Services (PRIM), MasTec (MTZ), Rayonier (RYN), Skyline Champion (SKY), Gates Industrial (GTES), Arcosa (ACA), Knife River (KNF), Sterling Infrastructure (STRL), Armstrong World Industries (AWI), and Tri Pointe Homes (TPH). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Dycom Industries (NYSE:DY) and Primoris Services (NASDAQ:PRIM) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Dycom Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Primoris Services. Primoris Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dycom Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dycom Industries received 326 more outperform votes than Primoris Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.46% of users gave Dycom Industries an outperform vote while only 57.79% of users gave Primoris Services an outperform vote.
Dycom Industries has a net margin of 5.38% compared to Primoris Services' net margin of 2.45%. Dycom Industries' return on equity of 22.15% beat Primoris Services' return on equity.
In the previous week, Dycom Industries had 24 more articles in the media than Primoris Services. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Dycom Industries and 14 mentions for Primoris Services. Primoris Services' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Dycom Industries' score of 0.71 indicating that Primoris Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Dycom Industries presently has a consensus target price of $175.86, indicating a potential downside of 1.17%. Primoris Services has a consensus target price of $53.67, indicating a potential downside of 2.26%. Given Dycom Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Dycom Industries is more favorable than Primoris Services.
Dycom Industries has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Primoris Services has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
98.3% of Dycom Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Primoris Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of Dycom Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Primoris Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Dycom Industries beats Primoris Services on 17 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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