Ameresco (AMRC) Competitors

Ameresco (NYSE:AMRC) and Primoris Services (NASDAQ:PRIM) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, AMRC or PRIM?

Primoris Services has higher revenue and earnings than Ameresco. Ameresco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Primoris Services, 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
Ameresco	$1.37B	0.97	$62.47M	$1.00	25.49
Primoris Services	$5.72B	0.73	$126.14M	$3.02	25.85

Do analysts recommend AMRC or PRIM?

Ameresco presently has a consensus target price of $36.91, indicating a potential upside of 44.80%. Primoris Services has a consensus target price of $83.50, indicating a potential upside of 6.96%. Given Ameresco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ameresco is more favorable than Primoris Services.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ameresco	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77
Primoris Services	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has more risk & volatility, AMRC or PRIM?

Ameresco has a beta of 1.82, suggesting that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Primoris Services has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AMRC or PRIM?

Ameresco received 70 more outperform votes than Primoris Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.59% of users gave Ameresco an outperform vote while only 57.99% of users gave Primoris Services an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ameresco	Outperform Votes 404 68.59%	Underperform Votes 185 31.41%
Primoris Services	Outperform Votes 334 57.99%	Underperform Votes 242 42.01%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AMRC or PRIM?

99.2% of Ameresco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Primoris Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 42.0% of Ameresco 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is AMRC or PRIM more profitable?

Ameresco has a net margin of 3.18% compared to Primoris Services' net margin of 2.68%. Primoris Services' return on equity of 15.23% beat Ameresco's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ameresco	3.18%	5.68%	1.38%
Primoris Services	2.68%	15.23%	4.88%

Does the media prefer AMRC or PRIM?

In the previous week, Primoris Services had 1 more articles in the media than Ameresco. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Primoris Services and 14 mentions for Ameresco. Primoris Services' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Ameresco's score of 0.68 indicating that Primoris Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ameresco	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Primoris Services	9 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Ameresco beats Primoris Services on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.