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AMRC vs. AGX, MYRG, TPC, GLDD, NWPX, MTRX, ORN, PWR, EME, and FIX

Should you be buying Ameresco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ameresco include Argan (AGX), MYR Group (MYRG), Tutor Perini (TPC), Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD), Northwest Pipe (NWPX), Matrix Service (MTRX), Orion Group (ORN), Quanta Services (PWR), EMCOR Group (EME), and Comfort Systems USA (FIX). These companies are all part of the "construction & engineering" industry.

Ameresco vs. Its Competitors

Ameresco (NYSE:AMRC) and Argan (NYSE:AGX) are both construction & engineering companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and dividends.

Argan has a net margin of 11.00% compared to Ameresco's net margin of 2.97%. Argan's return on equity of 29.61% beat Ameresco's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ameresco2.97% 6.32% 1.55%
Argan 11.00%29.61%12.82%

Ameresco has a beta of 2.22, suggesting that its stock price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Argan has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

99.2% of Ameresco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.4% of Argan shares are held by institutional investors. 42.0% of Ameresco shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of Argan shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Ameresco presently has a consensus target price of $20.67, suggesting a potential upside of 22.94%. Argan has a consensus target price of $193.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.94%. Given Ameresco's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ameresco is more favorable than Argan.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ameresco
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29
Argan
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Argan has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ameresco. Ameresco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Argan, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ameresco$1.77B0.50$56.76M$1.0216.48
Argan$874.18M3.27$85.46M$7.1329.40

In the previous week, Argan had 9 more articles in the media than Ameresco. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Argan and 5 mentions for Ameresco. Argan's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Ameresco's score of 0.34 indicating that Argan is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ameresco
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Argan
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Argan beats Ameresco on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AMRC vs. The Competition

MetricAmerescoOther Alt Energy IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$854.85M$9.13B$7.58B$20.57B
Dividend YieldN/A4.41%10.91%3.75%
P/E Ratio16.4832.6656.8928.04
Price / Sales0.5063.7721,919.2638.39
Price / Cash5.4119.1336.2022.31
Price / Book0.844.293.294.59
Net Income$56.76M$283.98M$4.20B$985.44M
7 Day Performance7.71%3.28%1.10%2.91%
1 Month Performance9.80%5.28%4.87%5.47%
1 Year Performance-38.06%34.65%104.14%14.61%

Ameresco Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AMRC
Ameresco
4.9024 of 5 stars
$16.81
+3.3%
$20.67
+22.9%
-39.5%$854.85M$1.77B16.481,509
AGX
Argan
0.9871 of 5 stars
$208.36
+2.5%
$193.00
-7.4%
+187.1%$2.84B$874.18M29.221,595Insider Trade
MYRG
MYR Group
2.8853 of 5 stars
$173.33
+2.4%
$157.00
-9.4%
+38.3%$2.69B$3.36B79.518,500
TPC
Tutor Perini
1.3052 of 5 stars
$43.23
+1.8%
$43.00
-0.5%
+122.6%$2.28B$4.33B-15.017,500
GLDD
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock
4.7166 of 5 stars
$12.15
+3.8%
$14.00
+15.2%
+39.4%$825.35M$762.69M11.91430
NWPX
Northwest Pipe
2.7802 of 5 stars
$39.91
+3.4%
$55.00
+37.8%
+28.3%$394.31M$492.55M12.201,358
MTRX
Matrix Service
4.1078 of 5 stars
$13.10
+3.0%
$20.00
+52.7%
+48.4%$361.69M$728.21M-16.172,064
ORN
Orion Group
2.9312 of 5 stars
$8.87
+2.3%
$11.25
+26.9%
+5.7%$350.65M$796.39M177.362,450
PWR
Quanta Services
4.3298 of 5 stars
$366.36
+1.5%
$349.65
-4.6%
+50.7%$54.32B$23.67B59.0958,400Trending News
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Analyst Revision
EME
EMCOR Group
3.7828 of 5 stars
$495.31
+2.1%
$509.60
+2.9%
+51.5%$22.17B$14.57B21.8940,400News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
FIX
Comfort Systems USA
4.0509 of 5 stars
$502.86
+0.6%
$525.80
+4.6%
+80.4%$17.74B$7.03B30.1718,300Positive News
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This page (NYSE:AMRC) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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