Primoris Services (NYSE:PRIM – Get Free Report) and Olenox Industries (NASDAQ:OLOX – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Risk and Volatility
Primoris Services has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Olenox Industries has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Primoris Services and Olenox Industries”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Primoris Services | $7.57 billion | 0.46 | $274.90 million | $2.55 | 25.45 |
| Olenox Industries | $2.95 million | 0.52 | -$18.82 million | ($17.93) | -0.05 |
Primoris Services has higher revenue and earnings than Olenox Industries. Olenox Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Primoris Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Primoris Services and Olenox Industries’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Primoris Services | 1.92% | 9.96% | 3.67% |
| Olenox Industries | -427.82% | -117.43% | -27.57% |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
91.8% of Primoris Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.5% of Olenox Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Primoris Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of Olenox Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Primoris Services and Olenox Industries, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Primoris Services | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 2.59 |
| Olenox Industries | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Primoris Services presently has a consensus price target of $123.47, suggesting a potential upside of 90.28%. Given Primoris Services’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Primoris Services is more favorable than Olenox Industries.
Summary
Primoris Services beats Olenox Industries on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Primoris Services
Primoris Services Corporation, a specialty contractor company, provides a range of construction, fabrication, maintenance, replacement, and engineering services in the United States and Canada. It operates through three segments: Utilities, Energy/Renewables, and Pipeline Services. The Utilities segment offers installation and maintenance services for new and existing natural gas distribution systems, electric utility distribution and transmission systems, and communications systems. The Energy/Renewables segment provides a range of services, including engineering, procurement, and construction, as well as retrofits, highway and bridge construction, demolition, site work, soil stabilization, mass excavation, flood control, upgrades, repairs, outages, and maintenance services to renewable energy and energy storage, renewable fuels, petroleum, refining, and petrochemical industries, as well as state departments of transportation. The Pipeline Services segment offers a range of services comprising pipeline construction, maintenance, facility, and integrity services; installation of compressor and pump stations; and metering facilities for entities in the petroleum and petrochemical industries, as well as gas, water, and sewer utilities. The company was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
About Olenox Industries
Safe & Green Holdings Corp. is a design and construction services company, which engages in the provision of code engineered cargo shipping containers. It operates through the following segments: Construction, Medical, Development, and Corporate and Support. The Construction Services segment includes the manufacturing of unit SG ECHO and other modules projects. The Medical segment consists of joint venture COVID-19 laboratory operations. The Development segment focuses on real property development. The Corporate and Support segment includes general corporate expenses such as the executive office, corporate finance, accounting, audit, tax, human resources, risk management, information technology, marketing, and legal groups, corporate overhead, and other items not allocated to any of the company’s other segments. The company was founded on December 29, 1993 and is headquartered in Miami, FL.
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