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DY vs PRIM

Dycom Industries Inc. and Primoris Services Corp., side by side — 10 fiscal years reported in USD, drawn from SEC filings.

At a glance

Most recent reported year

DY vs PRIM, at a glance
Metric DY PRIM
Revenue$5.5B$7.6B
Net income$281.2M$274.9M
Gross margin20.6%10.7%
Net margin5.1%3.6%
Return on equity18.2%17.8%
Diluted EPS$9.56$5.02
Dividend / share·$0.32
Payout ratio·6.3%
Free cash flow$401.7M$340.5M
Equity$1.9B$1.7B
Net debt / equity1.13×−0.04×
Current ratio2.74×1.26×
Revenue CAGR 5y11.6%16.8%
Profit CAGR 5y52.3%21.2%

PRIM bills 1.4× the revenue of DY, and DY keeps more of each dollar of revenue as profit (5.1% against 3.6%).

The stronger figure of the pair is set in bold. That is arithmetic, not a recommendation — this page does not pick a winner. "·" marks a figure not available in our data.

Revenue by year

10 years side by side

DY vs PRIM, revenue by year
Fiscal year DY PRIM
FY2025$5.5B$7.6B
FY2024$4.7B$6.4B
FY2023$4.2B$5.7B
FY2022$3.8B$4.4B
FY2021$3.1B$3.5B
FY2020$3.2B$3.5B
FY2019$3.3B$3.1B
FY2018$3.1B$2.9B
FY2017$3.1B$2.4B
FY2016$2.7B$2.0B
Net income by year

Bottom line

DY vs PRIM, net income by year
Fiscal year DY PRIM
FY2025$281.2M$274.9M
FY2024$233.4M$180.9M
FY2023$218.9M$126.1M
FY2022$142.2M$133.0M
FY2021$48.6M$115.7M
FY2020$34.3M$105.0M
FY2019$57.2M$82.3M
FY2018$62.9M$77.5M
FY2017$157.2M$72.4M
FY2016$128.7M$26.7M
Revenue gap over time

16 fiscal years

Revenue gap over time
Fiscal year Difference Ahead
FY2025−$2,028,988,000PRIM
FY2024−$1,664,786,000PRIM
FY2023−$1,539,726,000PRIM
FY2022−$612,137,000PRIM
FY2021−$367,113,000PRIM
FY2020−$292,332,000PRIM
FY2019+$233,353,000DY
FY2018+$188,222,000DY
FY2017+$686,885,000DY
FY2016+$675,594,000DY
FY2015+$92,897,000DY
FY2014−$274,601,000PRIM
FY2013−$335,608,000PRIM
FY2012−$340,615,000PRIM
FY2011−$424,282,000PRIM
FY2010+$46,858,000DY

The higher-revenue side has changed between DY and PRIM over this period. The gap has widened since the earliest year compared.

16 of 17 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Net margin gap over time

16 fiscal years

Net margin gap over time
Fiscal year Difference Ahead
FY2025+1.4 ppDY
FY2024+2.1 ppDY
FY2023+3.0 ppDY
FY2022+0.7 ppDY
FY2021−1.8 ppPRIM
FY2020−1.9 ppPRIM
FY2019−1.0 ppPRIM
FY2018−1.0 ppPRIM
FY2017+1.9 ppDY
FY2016+3.4 ppDY
FY2015+2.2 ppDY
FY2014−0.8 ppPRIM
FY2013−1.7 ppPRIM
FY2012−0.5 ppPRIM
FY2011−2.5 ppPRIM
FY2010−3.0 ppPRIM

The higher net margin has changed hands between DY and PRIM over this period.

16 of 16 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Net margin volatility

Standard deviation, each side

DY's net margin has been more volatile than PRIM's over the 16 comparable fiscal years — 1.6 percentage points of standard deviation against 0.7.

16 of 16 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Who led in net margin

Year by year

The lead in net margin changed hands between DY and PRIM over these 16 fiscal years — DY led in 7 and PRIM in 9.

16 of 16 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Return on equity volatility

Standard deviation, each side

DY's return on equity has been more volatile than PRIM's over the 11 comparable fiscal years — 7.4 percentage points of standard deviation against 3.3.

11 of 17 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Who led in return on equity

Year by year

The lead in return on equity changed hands between DY and PRIM over these 11 fiscal years — DY led in 7 and PRIM in 4.

11 of 17 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

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