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).
MYR Group (NASDAQ:MYRG ) and Pampa Energía (NYSE:PAM ) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and valuation.
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 a net margin of 25.16% compared to MYR Group's net margin of 2.38%. Pampa Energía's return on equity of 15.10% beat MYR Group's return on equity.
Pampa Energía has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
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. MYR Group's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Pampa Energía's score of 0.78 indicating that MYR Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
88.9% of MYR Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.8% of Pampa Energía shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of MYR Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 55.5% of Pampa Energía shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
MYR Group has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pampa Energía has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
MYR Group presently has a consensus target price of $173.25, suggesting a potential upside of 11.90%. Pampa Energía has a consensus target price of $41.33, suggesting a potential downside of 13.69%. Given MYR Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe MYR Group is more favorable than Pampa Energía.
Summary MYR Group beats Pampa Energía on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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