PRIM vs. MYRG, DY, PLPC, MTZ, GVA, PGTI, PATK, FTDR, ROCK, and CCS
Should you be buying Primoris Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Primoris Services include MYR Group (MYRG), Dycom Industries (DY), Preformed Line Products (PLPC), MasTec (MTZ), Granite Construction (GVA), PGT Innovations (PGTI), Patrick Industries (PATK), Frontdoor (FTDR), Gibraltar Industries (ROCK), and Century Communities (CCS).
MYR Group (NASDAQ:MYRG) and Primoris Services (NASDAQ:PRIM) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and community ranking.
MYR Group currently has a consensus price target of $170.75, indicating a potential upside of 3.82%. Primoris Services has a consensus price target of $53.67, indicating a potential upside of 19.15%. Given MYR Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Primoris Services is more favorable than MYR Group.
In the previous week, MYR Group had 2 more articles in the media than Primoris Services. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for MYR Group and 3 mentions for Primoris Services. MYR Group's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Primoris Services' score of 0.33 indicating that Primoris Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MYR Group received 14 more outperform votes than Primoris Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.21% of users gave MYR Group an outperform vote while only 57.79% of users gave Primoris Services an outperform vote.
88.9% of MYR Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Primoris Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of MYR Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Primoris Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
MYR Group has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Primoris Services has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MYR Group has a net margin of 2.50% compared to MYR Group's net margin of 2.21%. Primoris Services' return on equity of 14.80% beat MYR Group's return on equity.
Primoris Services has higher revenue and earnings than MYR Group. Primoris Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MYR Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
MYR Group beats Primoris Services on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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