MYR Group (MYRG) Competitors

Pampa Energía (NYSE:PAM) and MYR Group (NASDAQ:MYRG) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Does the media favor PAM or MYRG?

In the previous week, MYR Group had 4 more articles in the media than Pampa Energía. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for MYR Group and 1 mentions for Pampa Energía. Pampa Energía's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat MYR Group's score of 0.78 indicating that MYR Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pampa Energía	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MYR Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend PAM or MYRG?

Pampa Energía currently has a consensus target price of $41.33, indicating a potential downside of 13.69%. MYR Group has a consensus target price of $173.25, indicating a potential upside of 11.90%. Given Pampa Energía's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe MYR Group is more favorable than Pampa Energía.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pampa Energía	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
MYR Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PAM or MYRG?

MYR Group received 52 more outperform votes than Pampa Energía when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.27% of users gave MYR Group an outperform vote while only 61.04% of users gave Pampa Energía an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pampa Energía	Outperform Votes 293 61.04%	Underperform Votes 187 38.96%
MYR Group	Outperform Votes 345 62.27%	Underperform Votes 209 37.73%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, PAM or MYRG?

Pampa Energía has higher earnings, but lower revenue than MYR Group. Pampa Energía 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
Pampa Energía	$1.73B	1.51	$302M	$7.81	6.13
MYR Group	$3.64B	0.71	$90.99M	$5.16	30.00

Which has more risk and volatility, PAM or MYRG?

Pampa Energía has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MYR Group has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

12.8% of Pampa Energía shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.9% of MYR Group shares are held by institutional investors. 55.5% of Pampa Energía shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of MYR Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is PAM or MYRG more profitable?

Pampa Energía has a net margin of 25.16% compared to Pampa Energía's net margin of 2.38%. MYR Group's return on equity of 15.10% beat Pampa Energía's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pampa Energía	25.16%	15.10%	7.91%
MYR Group	2.38%	13.64%	5.61%

Summary

MYR Group beats Pampa Energía on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.