MYR Group (MYRG) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, FLR or MYRG?

Fluor has higher revenue and earnings than MYR Group. Fluor 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
Fluor	$15.47B	0.54	$139M	$1.50	32.20
MYR Group	$3.64B	0.63	$90.99M	$2.29	61.82

Do institutionals & insiders believe in FLR or MYRG?

88.1% of Fluor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.9% of MYR Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Fluor shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of MYR Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to FLR or MYRG?

In the previous week, Fluor had 10 more articles in the media than MYR Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Fluor and 3 mentions for MYR Group. MYR Group's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Fluor's score of 0.59 indicating that MYR Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fluor	6 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MYR Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend FLR or MYRG?

Fluor presently has a consensus target price of $59.29, indicating a potential upside of 22.75%. MYR Group has a consensus target price of $157.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.90%. Given Fluor's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Fluor is more favorable than MYR Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fluor	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63
MYR Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has more volatility and risk, FLR or MYRG?

Fluor has a beta of 1.91, indicating that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MYR Group has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FLR or MYRG?

Fluor received 342 more outperform votes than MYR Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.89% of users gave Fluor an outperform vote while only 62.23% of users gave MYR Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fluor	Outperform Votes 693 66.89%	Underperform Votes 343 33.11%
MYR Group	Outperform Votes 351 62.23%	Underperform Votes 213 37.77%

Is FLR or MYRG more profitable?

Fluor has a net margin of 1.64% compared to MYR Group's net margin of 1.08%. Fluor's return on equity of 20.05% beat MYR Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fluor	1.64%	20.05%	6.31%
MYR Group	1.08%	6.05%	2.42%

Summary

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