Primoris Services (PRIM) Competitors

Primoris Services (NASDAQ:PRIM) and AECOM (NYSE:ACM) are both construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, risk and dividends.

Which has more risk and volatility, PRIM or ACM?

Primoris Services has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AECOM has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PRIM or ACM a better dividend stock?

Primoris Services pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. AECOM pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Primoris Services pays out 8.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AECOM pays out 22.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Primoris Services has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and AECOM has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. AECOM is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, PRIM or ACM?

AECOM has higher revenue and earnings than Primoris Services. Primoris Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AECOM, 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
Primoris Services	$6.60B	0.60	$126.14M	$3.78	19.40
AECOM	$16.05B	0.92	$402.27M	$4.59	24.43

Do analysts rate PRIM or ACM?

Primoris Services currently has a consensus target price of $85.75, indicating a potential upside of 16.94%. AECOM has a consensus target price of $120.86, indicating a potential upside of 7.76%. Given Primoris Services' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Primoris Services is more favorable than AECOM.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Primoris Services	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88
AECOM	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to PRIM or ACM?

In the previous week, AECOM had 8 more articles in the media than Primoris Services. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for AECOM and 1 mentions for Primoris Services. Primoris Services' average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat AECOM's score of 0.97 indicating that Primoris Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Primoris Services	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
AECOM	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PRIM or ACM?

AECOM received 191 more outperform votes than Primoris Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.05% of users gave AECOM an outperform vote while only 58.91% of users gave Primoris Services an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Primoris Services	Outperform Votes 347 58.91%	Underperform Votes 242 41.09%
AECOM	Outperform Votes 538 65.05%	Underperform Votes 289 34.95%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in PRIM or ACM?

91.8% of Primoris Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.4% of AECOM shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Primoris Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of AECOM shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is PRIM or ACM more profitable?

AECOM has a net margin of 2.93% compared to Primoris Services' net margin of 2.68%. AECOM's return on equity of 26.84% beat Primoris Services' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Primoris Services	2.68%	15.23%	4.88%
AECOM	2.93%	26.84%	5.47%

Summary

AECOM beats Primoris Services on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.