MYR Group (NASDAQ:MYRG) vs. SKK (NASDAQ:SKK) Critical Survey

SKK (NASDAQ:SKK) and MYR Group (NASDAQ:MYRG) are both construction companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and profitability.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

88.9% of MYR Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of MYR Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SKK	N/A	N/A	N/A
MYR Group	1.08%	6.05%	2.42%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for SKK and MYR Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SKK	0	0	0	0	0.00
MYR Group	0	2	3	0	2.60

MYR Group has a consensus price target of $157.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.96%. Given MYR Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MYR Group is more favorable than SKK.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares SKK and MYR Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SKK	$9.76 million	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MYR Group	$3.54 billion	0.70	$90.99 million	$2.29	67.24

MYR Group has higher revenue and earnings than SKK.

Summary

MYR Group beats SKK on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About SKK

SKK Holdings Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides civil engineering services in Singapore. It undertakes subsurface utility works, such as power and telecommunication cable laying works, water pipeline works, and sewer rehabilitation works. The company also offers gas pipeline and sewer construction works; and underground piping, underground utility infrastructure construction and maintenance, horizontal directional drilling, and plumbing and sanitary works. It serves government authorities, utility companies, or contractors. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Singapore.

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.