MYRG vs. PAM, CPK, PRMW, SJW, TAC, MGEE, NWN, MSEX, VEON, and KEN
Should you be buying MYR Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MYR Group include Pampa Energía (PAM), Chesapeake Utilities (CPK), Primo Water (PRMW), SJW Group (SJW), TransAlta (TAC), MGE Energy (MGEE), Northwest Natural (NWN), Middlesex Water (MSEX), VEON (VEON), and Kenon (KEN). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
MYR Group vs.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
MYR Group beats Pampa Energía on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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