MYR Group (MYRG) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, MYRG or FLR?

MYR Group has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fluor has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, MYRG or FLR?

Fluor has higher revenue and earnings than MYR Group. Fluor 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	0.76	$90.99M	$2.18	75.86
Fluor	$16.56B	0.48	$139M	$10.43	4.64

Is MYRG or FLR more profitable?

Fluor has a net margin of 13.14% compared to MYR Group's net margin of 1.08%. Fluor's return on equity of 15.14% beat MYR Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MYR Group	1.08%	6.05%	2.42%
Fluor	13.14%	15.14%	5.40%

Do analysts prefer MYRG or FLR?

MYR Group currently has a consensus price target of $157.00, indicating a potential downside of 5.07%. Fluor has a consensus price target of $45.43, indicating a potential downside of 6.20%. Given MYR Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe MYR Group is more favorable than Fluor.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MYR Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Fluor	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MYRG or FLR?

Fluor received 348 more outperform votes than MYR Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.95% of users gave Fluor an outperform vote while only 62.22% of users gave MYR Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MYR Group	Outperform Votes 359 62.22%	Underperform Votes 218 37.78%
Fluor	Outperform Votes 707 66.95%	Underperform Votes 349 33.05%

Does the media prefer MYRG or FLR?

In the previous week, Fluor had 7 more articles in the media than MYR Group. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Fluor and 9 mentions for MYR Group. Fluor's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat MYR Group's score of 0.68 indicating that Fluor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MYR Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Fluor	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in MYRG or FLR?

88.9% of MYR Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.1% of Fluor shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of MYR Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Fluor shares are held by 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

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