PRIM vs. DY, PGTI, STRL, PATK, JBI, ROAD, DFH, HLMN, GVA, and JELD
Should you be buying Primoris Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Primoris Services include Dycom Industries (DY), PGT Innovations (PGTI), Sterling Infrastructure (STRL), Patrick Industries (PATK), Janus International Group (JBI), Construction Partners (ROAD), Dream Finders Homes (DFH), Hillman Solutions (HLMN), Granite Construction (GVA), and JELD-WEN (JELD). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Primoris Services vs.
Primoris Services (NASDAQ:PRIM) and Dycom Industries (NYSE:DY) are both construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation and media sentiment.
88.1% of Primoris Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.8% of Dycom Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Primoris Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Dycom Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Dycom Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Primoris Services. Primoris Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dycom Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Primoris Services presently has a consensus price target of $30.75, suggesting a potential upside of 12.80%. Dycom Industries has a consensus price target of $128.80, suggesting a potential upside of 23.50%. Given Dycom Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Dycom Industries is more favorable than Primoris Services.
Primoris Services has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dycom Industries has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Dycom Industries had 32 more articles in the media than Primoris Services. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Dycom Industries and 3 mentions for Primoris Services. Primoris Services' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Dycom Industries' score of 0.58 indicating that Primoris Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Dycom Industries received 312 more outperform votes than Primoris Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.89% of users gave Dycom Industries an outperform vote while only 57.50% of users gave Primoris Services an outperform vote.
Dycom Industries has a net margin of 4.38% compared to Primoris Services' net margin of 2.78%. Dycom Industries' return on equity of 19.99% beat Primoris Services' return on equity.
Summary
Dycom Industries beats Primoris Services on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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