Primoris Services (PRIM) Competitors

MYR Group (NASDAQ:MYRG) and Primoris Services (NASDAQ:PRIM) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MYRG or PRIM?

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 insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Primoris Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, MYRG or PRIM?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MYR Group	$3.64B	0.77	$90.99M	$5.42	31.03
Primoris Services	$5.72B	0.44	$126.14M	$2.32	20.01

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MYRG or PRIM?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MYR Group	Outperform Votes 344 62.21%	Underperform Votes 209 37.79%
Primoris Services	Outperform Votes 330 57.79%	Underperform Votes 241 42.21%

Does the media prefer MYRG or PRIM?

In the previous week, MYR Group had 3 more articles in the media than Primoris Services. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for MYR Group and 1 mentions for Primoris Services. MYR Group's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Primoris Services' score of 0.42 indicating that Primoris Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MYR Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Primoris Services	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is MYRG or PRIM more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MYR Group	2.50%	14.80%	6.10%
Primoris Services	2.21%	13.20%	4.16%

Do analysts rate MYRG or PRIM?

MYR Group presently has a consensus price target of $170.75, indicating a potential upside of 1.54%. Primoris Services has a consensus price target of $53.67, indicating a potential upside of 15.61%. Given MYR Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Primoris Services is more favorable than MYR Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MYR Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Primoris Services	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has more risk and volatility, MYRG or PRIM?

MYR Group has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Primoris Services has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

MYR Group beats Primoris Services on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.