MYR Group (MYRG) Competitors

MYR Group (NASDAQ:MYRG) and KBR (NYSE:KBR) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in MYRG or KBR?

88.9% of MYR Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of KBR shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of MYR Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of KBR shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, MYRG or KBR?

MYR Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than KBR. KBR is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MYR Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MYR Group	$3.38B	0.73	$90.99M	$2.18	72.61
KBR	$7.98B	0.85	-$265M	$2.99	17.54

Do analysts recommend MYRG or KBR?

MYR Group currently has a consensus target price of $149.40, indicating a potential downside of 5.62%. KBR has a consensus target price of $68.86, indicating a potential upside of 31.27%. Given KBR's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe KBR is more favorable than MYR Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MYR Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
KBR	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Is MYRG or KBR more profitable?

KBR has a net margin of 4.35% compared to MYR Group's net margin of 1.08%. KBR's return on equity of 28.87% beat MYR Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MYR Group	1.08%	6.05%	2.42%
KBR	4.35%	28.87%	6.98%

Which has more volatility & risk, MYRG or KBR?

MYR Group has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KBR has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MYRG or KBR?

KBR received 208 more outperform votes than MYR Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.06% of users gave KBR an outperform vote while only 62.37% of users gave MYR Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MYR Group	Outperform Votes 358 62.37%	Underperform Votes 216 37.63%
KBR	Outperform Votes 566 67.06%	Underperform Votes 278 32.94%

Does the media favor MYRG or KBR?

In the previous week, KBR had 6 more articles in the media than MYR Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for KBR and 12 mentions for MYR Group. MYR Group's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat KBR's score of 1.14 indicating that MYR Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MYR Group	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
KBR	14 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

KBR beats MYR Group on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.