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$60.93 -3.96 (-6.10%)
Closing price 03/26/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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PRIM vs. FIX, ACM, MTZ, KBR, FLR, DY, STRL, GVA, MYRG, and AGX

Should you be buying Primoris Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Primoris Services include Comfort Systems USA (FIX), AECOM (ACM), MasTec (MTZ), KBR (KBR), Fluor (FLR), Dycom Industries (DY), Sterling Infrastructure (STRL), Granite Construction (GVA), MYR Group (MYRG), and Argan (AGX). These companies are all part of the "construction & engineering" industry.

Primoris Services vs.

Comfort Systems USA (NYSE:FIX) and Primoris Services (NASDAQ:PRIM) are both construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.

Comfort Systems USA pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Primoris Services pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Comfort Systems USA pays out 11.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Primoris Services pays out 9.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Comfort Systems USA has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Primoris Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Comfort Systems USA presently has a consensus price target of $530.75, suggesting a potential upside of 53.42%. Primoris Services has a consensus price target of $89.14, suggesting a potential upside of 46.31%. Given Comfort Systems USA's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Comfort Systems USA is more favorable than Primoris Services.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Comfort Systems USA
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Primoris Services
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Primoris Services received 84 more outperform votes than Comfort Systems USA when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.56% of users gave Comfort Systems USA an outperform vote while only 58.49% of users gave Primoris Services an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Comfort Systems USAOutperform Votes
257
65.56%
Underperform Votes
135
34.44%
Primoris ServicesOutperform Votes
341
58.49%
Underperform Votes
242
41.51%

Comfort Systems USA has higher revenue and earnings than Primoris Services. Primoris Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Comfort Systems USA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Comfort Systems USA$7.03B1.75$323.40M$14.6123.68
Primoris Services$6.37B0.51$126.14M$3.3218.35

In the previous week, Comfort Systems USA had 7 more articles in the media than Primoris Services. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Comfort Systems USA and 10 mentions for Primoris Services. Comfort Systems USA's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Primoris Services' score of 1.05 indicating that Comfort Systems USA is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Comfort Systems USA
14 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Primoris Services
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

96.5% of Comfort Systems USA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Primoris Services shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Comfort Systems USA shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Primoris Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Comfort Systems USA has a net margin of 7.43% compared to Primoris Services' net margin of 2.68%. Comfort Systems USA's return on equity of 35.28% beat Primoris Services' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Comfort Systems USA7.43% 35.28% 12.51%
Primoris Services 2.68%15.23%4.88%

Comfort Systems USA has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Primoris Services has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Comfort Systems USA beats Primoris Services on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PRIM vs. The Competition

MetricPrimoris ServicesWater, sewer, & utility lines IndustryConstruction SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.27B$3.38B$8.28B$8.13B
Dividend Yield0.50%0.52%2.04%4.00%
P/E Ratio20.1837.5216.1519.09
Price / Sales0.510.9368.9794.71
Price / Cash13.8212.7021.4034.64
Price / Book2.633.074.184.36
Net Income$126.14M$89.89M$535.55M$247.23M
7 Day Performance-5.50%-3.84%-0.23%-0.34%
1 Month Performance-15.13%-4.66%-1.70%-3.60%
1 Year Performance44.97%14.09%8.35%2.01%

Primoris Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PRIM
Primoris Services
4.186 of 5 stars
$60.93
-6.1%
$89.14
+46.3%
+47.8%$3.27B$6.37B20.1812,800Positive News
FIX
Comfort Systems USA
4.7963 of 5 stars
$380.25
+8.0%
$530.75
+39.6%
+8.7%$13.52B$7.03B26.0314,100Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
ACM
AECOM
4.4675 of 5 stars
$95.96
+2.0%
$120.38
+25.4%
-2.3%$12.73B$16.22B27.2650,000Positive News
MTZ
MasTec
4.3871 of 5 stars
$131.93
+6.4%
$160.07
+21.3%
+34.0%$10.46B$12.30B117.8034,000Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
KBR
KBR
4.5294 of 5 stars
$51.36
+2.5%
$75.88
+47.7%
-17.1%$6.80B$7.74B21.5830,000Short Interest ↑
FLR
Fluor
4.8902 of 5 stars
$39.06
+3.7%
$54.71
+40.1%
-8.0%$6.56B$16.32B3.2030,187Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
DY
Dycom Industries
4.6866 of 5 stars
$161.77
+3.5%
$204.38
+26.3%
+11.1%$4.69B$4.70B21.2815,611Short Interest ↓
Positive News
STRL
Sterling Infrastructure
3.3673 of 5 stars
$133.95
+5.8%
$185.00
+38.1%
+11.3%$4.10B$2.12B22.633,200Analyst Downgrade
GVA
Granite Construction
0.8941 of 5 stars
$77.59
+1.8%
$70.00
-9.8%
+36.1%$3.37B$4.01B31.413,800Positive News
Gap Up
MYRG
MYR Group
2.8643 of 5 stars
$128.52
+1.2%
$155.00
+20.6%
-27.6%$2.07B$3.36B56.128,500Positive News
AGX
Argan
2.5598 of 5 stars
$129.26
+7.2%
$150.00
+16.0%
+139.8%$1.75B$806.26M27.041,360
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