Mistras Group (NYSE:MG – Get Free Report) and Parsons (NYSE:PSN – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and dividends.
Risk and Volatility
Mistras Group has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Parsons has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Mistras Group and Parsons”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Mistras Group | $739.17 million | 0.82 | $16.84 million | $0.83 | 22.96 |
| Parsons | $6.36 billion | 0.78 | $241.14 million | $1.45 | 31.90 |
Parsons has higher revenue and earnings than Mistras Group. Mistras Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Parsons, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
74.9% of Mistras Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of Parsons shares are held by institutional investors. 7.1% of Mistras Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Parsons shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Mistras Group and Parsons, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Mistras Group | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.67 |
| Parsons | 2 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 2.56 |
Mistras Group currently has a consensus target price of $19.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.31%. Parsons has a consensus target price of $64.08, suggesting a potential upside of 38.56%. Given Parsons’ higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Parsons is more favorable than Mistras Group.
Profitability
This table compares Mistras Group and Parsons’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Mistras Group | 3.65% | 14.66% | 5.89% |
| Parsons | 2.50% | 8.10% | 3.75% |
About Mistras Group
Mistras Group, Inc. provides technology-enabled asset protection solutions in the United States, other Americas, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific. The company offers non-destructive testing services; inline inspection for pipelines; and plant condition management software. It also provides maintenance and light mechanical services, such as corrosion removal, mitigation and prevention, insulation installation and removal, electrical, heat tracing, industrial cleaning, pipefitting, and welding; engineering consulting services primarily for process equipment, technologies, and facilities; and utilizes scaffolding and rope access to access at-height and confined assets. In addition, the company offers certified divers for subsea inspection and maintenance; unmanned aerial, land-based, and subsea systems for inspection applications; online condition-monitoring solutions; quality assurance and quality control solutions for new and existing metal and alloy components, materials, and composites. Further, it builds monitoring systems, as well as provides inspection, maintenance, monitoring and data services; and Web-based solutions. Additionally, the company designs, manufactures, and sells acoustic emission sensors, instruments, and turnkey systems for monitoring and testing materials, pressure components, processes, and structures; and ultrasonic testing equipment. It serves oil and gas, aerospace and defense, fossil and nuclear power, power generation and transmission, civil infrastructure, manufacturing, industrial, public infrastructure, petrochemical, transportation, and other process industries, as well as infrastructure, research, and engineering industries. Mistras Group, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Princeton Junction, New Jersey.
About Parsons
Parsons Corporation provides integrated solutions and services in the defense, intelligence, and critical infrastructure markets in North America, the Middle East, and internationally. The company operates through Federal Solutions and Critical Infrastructure segments. The Federal Solutions segment provides critical technologies, such as cybersecurity; missile defense; intelligence; space launch and ground systems; space and weapon system resiliency; geospatial intelligence; signals intelligence; environmental remediation; border security, critical infrastructure protection; counter unmanned air systems; biometrics and bio surveillance solutions to U.S. Department of Defense, including military services; Missile Defense Agency, the Department of Energy; the Department of State; the Department of Homeland Security, and the Federal Aviation Administration. The Critical Infrastructure segment provides management, design, and engineering services, as well as offers leveraging sensor solutions. This segment develops digital solutions for next generation aviation, rail and transit, bridges, roads, and highways; and provides water and wastewater treatment systems; AI/ML, and digital twin and cyber systems integration services; planning, engineering, and management services for infrastructure, including bridges and tunnels, roads and highways, water and wastewater, and dams and reservoirs. Parsons Corporation was founded in 1944 and is headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia.
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