MYRG vs. AEGN, PLPC, DY, STRL, GVA, PRIM, AMRC, TPC, AGX, and GLDD
Should you be buying MYR Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MYR Group include Aegion (AEGN), Preformed Line Products (PLPC), Dycom Industries (DY), Sterling Infrastructure (STRL), Granite Construction (GVA), Primoris Services (PRIM), Ameresco (AMRC), Tutor Perini (TPC), Argan (AGX), and Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD).
Aegion (NASDAQ:AEGN) and MYR Group (NASDAQ:MYRG) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
MYR Group received 17 more outperform votes than Aegion when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.40% of users gave Aegion an outperform vote while only 62.30% of users gave MYR Group an outperform vote.
Aegion has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MYR Group has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, MYR Group had 9 more articles in the media than Aegion. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for MYR Group and 0 mentions for Aegion. MYR Group's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Aegion's score of 0.00 indicating that MYR Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MYR Group has a consensus target price of $147.75, indicating a potential upside of 66.78%. Given MYR Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe MYR Group is more favorable than Aegion.
MYR Group has a net margin of 1.37% compared to Aegion's net margin of -3.65%. MYR Group's return on equity of 7.65% beat Aegion's return on equity.
94.7% of Aegion shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.9% of MYR Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of Aegion shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of MYR Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
MYR Group has higher revenue and earnings than Aegion. MYR Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aegion, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
MYR Group beats Aegion on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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