MYR Group (NASDAQ:MYRG) versus Everus Construction Group (NYSE:ECG) Financial Comparison

MYR Group (NASDAQ:MYRG) and Everus Construction Group (NYSE:ECG) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares MYR Group and Everus Construction Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MYR Group	$3.66 billion	1.33	$118.42 million	$10.54	29.57
Everus Construction Group	$3.75 billion	1.67	$201.77 million	$4.97	24.69

Everus Construction Group has higher revenue and earnings than MYR Group. Everus Construction Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MYR Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility and Risk

MYR Group has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Everus Construction Group has a beta of 2.27, suggesting that its stock price is 127% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares MYR Group and Everus Construction Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MYR Group	4.13%	24.17%	9.96%
Everus Construction Group	5.96%	38.22%	14.02%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for MYR Group and Everus Construction Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MYR Group	0	4	3	1	2.62
Everus Construction Group	0	4	4	1	2.67

MYR Group currently has a consensus target price of $424.80, indicating a potential upside of 36.32%. Everus Construction Group has a consensus target price of $169.50, indicating a potential upside of 38.11%. Given Everus Construction Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Everus Construction Group is more favorable than MYR Group.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

88.9% of MYR Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of MYR Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Everus Construction Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Everus Construction Group beats MYR Group on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About MYR Group

MYR Group Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides electrical construction services in the United States and Canada. It operates in two segments, Transmission and Distribution, and Commercial and Industrial. The Transmission and Distribution segment offers a range of services on electric transmission and distribution networks, and substation facilities, including design, engineering, procurement, construction, upgrade, maintenance, and repair services with primary focus on construction, maintenance, and repair to customers in the electric utility industry; and services, including construction and maintenance of high voltage transmission lines, substations, and lower voltage underground and overhead distribution systems, clean energy projects, and electric vehicle charging infrastructure services, as well as emergency restoration services in response to hurricane, wildfire, ice, or other related damages. This segment serves as a prime contractor to customers, such as investor-owned utilities, cooperatives, private developers, government-funded utilities, independent power producers, independent transmission companies, industrial facility owners, and other contractors. The Commercial and Industrial segment provides a range of services, including design, installation, maintenance, and repair of commercial and industrial wiring; and installation of intelligent transportation systems, roadway lighting, and signalization for airports, hospitals, data centers, hotels, stadiums, commercial and industrial facilities, clean energy projects, manufacturing plants, processing facilities, water/waste-water treatment facilities, mining facilities, intelligent transportation systems, roadway lighting, signalization, and electric vehicle charging infrastructure. This segment serves general contractors, commercial and industrial facility owners, governmental agencies, and developers. The company was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Thornton, Colorado.

About Everus Construction Group

Everus Construction Group is providing a full spectrum of construction services through its electrical and mechanical and transmission and distribution specialty contracting services principally in United States. Its specialty contracting services are provided to utility, transportation, commercial, industrial, institutional, renewable and other customers. Everus Construction Group is based in BISMARCK, N.D.