AGX vs. PRIM, GVA, MYRG, AMRC, TPC, GLDD, NWPX, ORN, MTRX, and PWR
Should you be buying Argan stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Argan include Primoris Services (PRIM), Granite Construction (GVA), MYR Group (MYRG), Ameresco (AMRC), Tutor Perini (TPC), Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD), Northwest Pipe (NWPX), Orion Group (ORN), Matrix Service (MTRX), and Quanta Services (PWR). These companies are all part of the "construction & engineering" industry.
Argan (NYSE:AGX) and Primoris Services (NASDAQ:PRIM) are both construction companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and community ranking.
79.4% of Argan shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Primoris Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.9% of Argan shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Primoris Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Primoris Services has higher revenue and earnings than Argan. Primoris Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Argan, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Argan currently has a consensus price target of $70.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.79%. Primoris Services has a consensus price target of $53.67, indicating a potential downside of 2.00%. Given Argan's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Argan is more favorable than Primoris Services.
In the previous week, Primoris Services had 4 more articles in the media than Argan. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Primoris Services and 3 mentions for Argan. Primoris Services' average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Argan's score of -0.12 indicating that Primoris Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Argan has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Primoris Services has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Argan pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Primoris Services pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Argan pays out 50.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Primoris Services pays out 9.1% 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.
Argan has a net margin of 5.64% compared to Primoris Services' net margin of 2.45%. Primoris Services' return on equity of 14.13% beat Argan's return on equity.
Primoris Services received 16 more outperform votes than Argan when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.32% of users gave Argan an outperform vote while only 57.79% of users gave Primoris Services an outperform vote.
Summary
Primoris Services beats Argan on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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