MYR Group (MYRG) Competitors

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

Is PAM or MYRG more profitable?

Pampa Energía has a net margin of 26.95% compared to MYR Group's net margin of 2.70%. Pampa Energía's return on equity of 21.01% beat MYR Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pampa Energía	26.95%	21.01%	10.10%
MYR Group	2.70%	15.58%	6.41%

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

12.1% of Pampa Energía shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.2% of MYR Group shares are held by institutional investors. 55.5% of Pampa Energía shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of MYR Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, PAM or MYRG?

Pampa Energía has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MYR Group has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer PAM or MYRG?

In the previous week, Pampa Energía had 1 more articles in the media than MYR Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Pampa Energía and 3 mentions for MYR Group. MYR Group's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Pampa Energía's score of 0.11 indicating that MYR Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pampa Energía	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
MYR Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate PAM or MYRG?

MYR Group has a consensus target price of $118.67, indicating a potential downside of 13.24%. Given MYR Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe MYR Group is more favorable than Pampa Energía.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pampa Energía	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
MYR Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has better earnings & valuation, PAM or MYRG?

Pampa Energía has higher earnings, but lower revenue than MYR Group. Pampa Energía 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
Pampa Energía	$1.83 billion	1.18	$456 million	$9.04	4.33
MYR Group	$3.01 billion	0.76	$83.38 million	$5.08	26.93

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PAM or MYRG?

MYR Group received 53 more outperform votes than Pampa Energía when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.34% of users gave MYR Group an outperform vote while only 61.66% of users gave Pampa Energía an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pampa Energía	Outperform Votes 283 61.66%	Underperform Votes 176 38.34%
MYR Group	Outperform Votes 336 62.34%	Underperform Votes 203 37.66%

Summary

MYR Group beats Pampa Energía on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.