PRIM vs. FIX, ACM, MTZ, FLR, KBR, 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), Fluor (FLR), KBR (KBR), 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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, dividends and risk.
Comfort Systems USA has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Primoris Services has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Comfort Systems USA has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
96.5% of Comfort Systems USA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Primoris Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Comfort Systems USA shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Primoris Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Comfort Systems USA had 28 more articles in the media than Primoris Services. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Comfort Systems USA and 5 mentions for Primoris Services. Primoris Services' average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Comfort Systems USA's score of 1.24 indicating that Primoris Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Comfort Systems USA pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Primoris Services pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Comfort Systems USA pays out 10.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Primoris Services pays out 10.6% 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 12 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 $506.75, suggesting a potential upside of 39.92%. Primoris Services has a consensus price target of $91.50, suggesting a potential upside of 38.51%. Given Comfort Systems USA's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Comfort Systems USA is more favorable than Primoris Services.
Comfort Systems USA has a net margin of 7.18% compared to Primoris Services' net margin of 2.68%. Comfort Systems USA's return on equity of 32.74% beat Primoris Services' return on equity.
Primoris Services received 83 more outperform votes than Comfort Systems USA when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.55% of users gave Comfort Systems USA an outperform vote while only 58.28% of users gave Primoris Services an outperform vote.
Summary
Comfort Systems USA beats Primoris Services on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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