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MYR Group (MYRG) Competitors

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$145.46 -0.09 (-0.06%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

MYRG vs. AEGN, MDU, PLPC, FLR, KBR, STRL, DY, PRIM, GVA, and AGX

Should you be buying MYR Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MYR Group include Aegion (AEGN), MDU Resources Group (MDU), Preformed Line Products (PLPC), Fluor (FLR), KBR (KBR), Sterling Infrastructure (STRL), Dycom Industries (DY), Primoris Services (PRIM), Granite Construction (GVA), and Argan (AGX).

MYR Group vs.

Aegion (NASDAQ:AEGN) and MYR Group (NASDAQ:MYRG) are both construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and community ranking.

In the previous week, MYR Group had 3 more articles in the media than Aegion. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for MYR Group and 0 mentions for Aegion. MYR Group's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Aegion's score of 0.00 indicating that MYR Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Aegion Neutral
MYR Group Positive

94.7% of Aegion shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.9% of MYR Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of Aegion shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of MYR Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

MYR Group received 11 more outperform votes than Aegion when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.00% of users gave Aegion an outperform vote while only 62.17% of users gave MYR Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AegionOutperform Votes
339
67.00%
Underperform Votes
167
33.00%
MYR GroupOutperform Votes
350
62.17%
Underperform Votes
213
37.83%

MYR Group has higher revenue and earnings than Aegion. Aegion is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MYR Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Aegion$1.21B0.76-$20.89M$1.2124.79
MYR Group$3.64B0.64$90.99M$2.2963.52

MYR Group has a net margin of 1.08% compared to Aegion's net margin of -3.65%. Aegion's return on equity of 7.55% beat MYR Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Aegion-3.65% 7.55% 3.30%
MYR Group 1.08%6.05%2.42%

Aegion has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MYR Group has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

MYR Group has a consensus target price of $143.75, indicating a potential downside of 1.18%. Given MYR Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MYR Group is more favorable than Aegion.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Aegion
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
MYR Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MYRG vs. The Competition

MetricMYR GroupWater, sewer, & utility lines IndustryUtilities SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.35B$4.91B$13.66B$8.90B
Dividend YieldN/A0.45%4.05%4.07%
P/E Ratio63.5242.3798.4313.46
Price / Sales0.640.9132.4887.66
Price / Cash16.2014.2618.2936.27
Price / Book3.993.502.306.30
Net Income$90.99M$89.89M$618.52M$225.93M
7 Day Performance-3.25%-5.51%0.04%-1.32%
1 Month Performance17.61%8.37%-1.54%0.60%
1 Year Performance19.34%80.81%9.86%26.23%

MYR Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MYRG
MYR Group
1.7047 of 5 stars
$145.46
-0.1%
$143.75
-1.2%
+18.5%$2.35B$3.64B63.529,000
AEGN
Aegion
N/A$29.99
flat
N/AN/A$922.49M$1.21B24.792,564Analyst Forecast
MDU
MDU Resources Group
3.9273 of 5 stars
$18.78
+0.2%
$22.00
+17.1%
+1.4%$3.82B$4.66B9.639,145Dividend Announcement
Positive News
PLPC
Preformed Line Products
2.1933 of 5 stars
$134.95
+1.5%
N/A+1.5%$651.09M$669.68M20.263,520Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
FLR
Fluor
4.3383 of 5 stars
$52.53
-0.3%
$60.29
+14.8%
+37.0%$9.03B$15.47B35.0230,187
KBR
KBR
4.7858 of 5 stars
$58.02
-0.5%
$81.14
+39.9%
+10.7%$7.77B$6.96B24.3834,000Analyst Forecast
STRL
Sterling Infrastructure
2.5223 of 5 stars
$189.43
-1.8%
$115.00
-39.3%
+194.6%$5.93B$1.97B32.003,000
DY
Dycom Industries
4.3395 of 5 stars
$176.56
-12.9%
$206.13
+16.7%
+103.9%$5.90B$4.18B21.9315,611Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
PRIM
Primoris Services
3.5259 of 5 stars
$80.38
-1.2%
$83.50
+3.9%
+158.7%$4.37B$5.72B22.7314,058Positive News
GVA
Granite Construction
1.1842 of 5 stars
$97.25
-0.3%
$67.00
-31.1%
+109.6%$4.26B$3.51B44.612,100Short Interest ↓
AGX
Argan
2.4321 of 5 stars
$146.65
-1.5%
$85.00
-42.0%
+217.1%$1.98B$713.01M46.121,214Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:MYRG) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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