MYRG vs. PAM, CPK, PRIM, TDS, AWR, MGEE, AVA, TAC, CWT, and NWE
Should you be buying MYR Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MYR Group include Pampa Energía (PAM), Chesapeake Utilities (CPK), Primoris Services (PRIM), Telephone and Data Systems (TDS), American States Water (AWR), MGE Energy (MGEE), Avista (AVA), TransAlta (TAC), California Water Service Group (CWT), and NorthWestern Energy Group (NWE).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
MYR Group beats Pampa Energía on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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