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Primoris Services CorporationPRIMCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Industrials›Engineering & Construction

Specialty construction contractor building utility, pipeline and renewable-energy infrastructure across the US.

Momentum laggard 16
Mkt cap
$3.52B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
99%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$122M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
13.7×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-4.9 pp
WACC 10.4%
Hurdle
+6 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
115 days
1 Mar 2027
Close · USD$65.40
1D+9.8%
1W-10.1%
1M-20.9%
3M-19.0%
6M-37.6%
YTD-47.3%
1Y-49.8%
ATR %8.7%
Beta1.77
52w lowhigh68.2% off high

What Primoris Services does

Specialty construction contractor building utility, pipeline and renewable-energy infrastructure across the US.

Wins construction jobs through bids and long-term service agreements, many of them fixed-price or priced per unit of work, so margin depends on managing labour, equipment and weather against its bid. A large share is repeat work for utilities under master service agreements. Renewable-energy and pipeline projects are lumpier.

Products and services

  • Utility/electrical construction
  • Pipeline/energy infrastructure construction
  • Renewable energy (solar) construction

Customers

  • Utilities
  • Oil and gas/midstream companies
  • Renewable energy developers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Industrials
  • Specialty construction services
  • Utility, pipeline and renewable…

What could go right

  • Renewable energy construction demand
  • Grid modernization spending

What could go wrong

  • Project bid/margin competition
  • Commodity/weather-driven project delays

Moat: narrow (scale, process know-how). Scale, safety record and specialized crews matter in a competitively bid but skills-constrained industry.

Headquarters: Dallas, Texas, US · Founded: 1946 · Employees: 18,526

Named competitors

Primoris Services at a glance

Size Primoris Services (PRIM) is a United States Industrials company (Engineering & Construction) with a market value of $3.52B, the 1429th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $65.40 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 37.6%, against -13.8% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 3rd lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 5.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +4.6%); the operating margin is 2.5% (peer median 8.3%).

Valuation It trades at 13.7× forward earnings against a peer median of 13.0× (10th most expensive of 21).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 23% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +17%, so the hurdle is +6 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 4.9 points below its cost of capital (10.4% WACC).

Backlog Backlog (remaining performance obligations) was $5.90B at 30 Sep 2026, up 34% on a year earlier — 0.8 years of trailing revenue. Backlog detail →

Short interest Short interest is 8.9% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 1 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

608010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 87PRIM 57
Six months, rebased to 100: Primoris Services against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Primoris Services financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$7.06B$7.57B$6.37B$5.72B$4.42B
Revenue growth—+19%+11%+29%—
Gross profit$597M$813M$703M$587M$457M
EBITDA$291M$506M$415M$366M$274M
Net income$96.3M$275M$181M$126M$133M
Free cash flow$37.6M$340M$382M$95.5M-$11.3M
Capital expenditure$114M$130M$127M$103M$94.7M
Total debt$1.26B$951M$1.19B$1.32B$1.35B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Primoris Services competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%-25%0%+25%-20%0%+20%1721SCYRATEWOR6882486139VNTBAMNB002683DOWAGX0257ECGVEI600667EXPO1959603568PRIM6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Primoris Services is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+20%10×20×30×1721SCYRATEWOR6882486139VNTBAMNB002683DOW0552AGX0257ECG600970VEI600667EXPO603568PRIMRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Primoris Services is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%+40%0%20%40%1721SCYRATEWOR6882486139VNTBAMNB002683DOWAGX0257ECG600970600667EXPO1959603568PRIMGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Primoris Services is the large dot.

Primoris Services competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (PRIM vs MYRG vs MTZ vs PWR)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Primoris Services PRIM$3.52B-38%-5%3%13.7×22.8%
MYR MYRG$4.09B-40%+23%6%18.1×14.0%
MasTec MTZ$14.0B-58%+26%5%15.0×21.6%
Quanta Services PWR$81.5B-27%+37%7%26.4×24.3%

How Primoris Services compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Primoris Services against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasurePRIMPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-20.9%+0.4%5th lowest of 21
6-month return-37.6%-13.8%3rd lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-68.2%-28.3%lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)-5.4%+4.6%4th lowest of 21
Operating margin2.5%8.3%2nd lowest of 21
Forward P/E13.7×13.0×10th most expensive of 21
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)22.8%2.8%2nd most demanding of 20
Growth delivered (Del g)+16.8%+10.3%5th highest of 20
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)+6.0 pp-5.9 pp3rd most demanding of 20
ROIC minus cost of capital-4.9 pp+2.4 pplowest of 18
Net debt / EBITDA3.6×-0.1×3rd most indebted of 15

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Primoris Services PRIMUnited States$3.52B-38%-5%3%13.7×22.8%+16.8%
Comsys 1721.TJapan$3.55B-15%+4%8%13.3×-0.7%+2.3%
Sacyr SCYR.MCSpain$3.58B-14%+6%24%20.5×-5.4%+0.5%
Alten ATE.PAFrance$3.43B+43%0%8%11.4×3.5%+11.9%
Worley WOR.AXAustralia$3.39B-16%-5%4%12.6×5.2%+2.3%
China Southern Power Grid Technology 688248.SSChina$3.71B-20%+28%12%47.6×25.8%+27.0%
L&K Engineering 6139.TWTaiwan$3.81B-23%+78%17%6.5×-9.1%+41.0%
Ventia Services VNT.AXAustralia$3.24B-2%-1%7%16.1×-1.4%+13.7%
Koninklijke BAM Groep BAMNB.ASNetherlands$3.85B+37%+7%3%11.5×-5.2%+0.8%
Guangdong Hongda 002683.SZChina$3.86B-7%+15%10%23.7×4.9%+26.1%
Downer EDI DOW.AXAustralia$3.21B-6%-7%4%15.8×11.1%-3.4%
China Communications Services 0552.HKHong Kong$3.19B-19%0%2%5.7×n/an/a
Argan AGXUnited States$3.89B-59%+29%15%20.5×0.3%+19.2%
China Everbright Environment 0257.HKHong Kong$3.91B-11%-5%29%7.0×-0.1%-8.5%
Everus Construction ECGUnited States$3.91B-53%+33%8%12.2×13.9%+11.5%
Sinoma International Engineering 600970.SSChina$3.15B-14%+3%5%9.2×-8.3%+10.3%
Veidekke VEI.OLNorway$3.13B+25%+8%5%17.1×-3.5%+2.5%
Wuxi Taiji Industry 600667.SSChina$3.98B+32%-14%3%21.9×13.0%+11.5%
Exponent EXPOUnited States$3.99B+37%+15%21%32.6×10.8%+7.8%
Kraftia 1959.TJapan$3.10B-29%+5%12%10.8×2.8%+4.0%
Zhejiang Weiming Environment Protection 603568.SSChina$4.01B-27%-25%36%11.0×6.4%+15.0%

Primoris Services backlog

Primoris Services reported $5.90B of remaining performance obligations at 30 Sep 2026, up 34% from a year earlier and down 2% from the previous quarter. That is 0.8 years of trailing revenue already under contract. Book-to-bill last quarter: 0.95.

Questions

Who are Primoris Services's main competitors?
Named competitors: MYR Group (MYRG), MasTec (MTZ), Quanta Services (PWR). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Comsys (1721.T), Sacyr (SCYR.MC), Alten (ATE.PA), Worley (WOR.AX), China Southern Power Grid Technology (688248.SS), L&K Engineering (6139.TW).
Is Primoris Services expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 13.7× against a peer median of 13.0×, 10th most expensive of 21 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 23% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +17%, so the hurdle is +6 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
How has Primoris Services stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -37.6% against -13.8% for the median peer; over one year -49.8%.
What is Primoris Services's backlog?
Primoris Services's remaining performance obligations (contracted revenue not yet recognised) were $5.90B at 30 Sep 2026, +34% on a year earlier.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.