PRIM vs. AEGN, PLPC, FIX, KBR, MTZ, FLR, DY, STRL, GVA, and MYRG
Should you be buying Primoris Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Primoris Services include Aegion (AEGN), Preformed Line Products (PLPC), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), KBR (KBR), MasTec (MTZ), Fluor (FLR), Dycom Industries (DY), Sterling Infrastructure (STRL), Granite Construction (GVA), and MYR Group (MYRG).
Aegion (NASDAQ:AEGN) and Primoris Services (NASDAQ:PRIM) are both construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Aegion has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Primoris Services has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Primoris Services has higher revenue and earnings than Aegion. Primoris Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aegion, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Primoris Services had 7 more articles in the media than Aegion. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Primoris Services and 0 mentions for Aegion. Aegion's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Primoris Services' score of 0.00 indicating that Primoris Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Primoris Services received 6 more outperform votes than Aegion when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.99% of users gave Aegion an outperform vote while only 57.79% of users gave Primoris Services an outperform vote.
94.7% of Aegion shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Primoris Services shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of Aegion shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Primoris Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Primoris Services has a net margin of 2.45% compared to Primoris Services' net margin of -3.65%. Aegion's return on equity of 14.13% beat Primoris Services' return on equity.
Primoris Services has a consensus price target of $53.67, suggesting a potential downside of 4.10%. Given Aegion's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Primoris Services is more favorable than Aegion.
Summary
Primoris Services beats Aegion on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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