Compare · AGX vs MTRX
AGX vs MTRX
Side-by-side comparison of Argan Inc. (AGX) and Matrix Service Company (MTRX): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both AGX and MTRX operate in Engineering & Construction (Consumer Discretionary), so they compete in similar markets.
- AGX is the larger of the two at $6.32B, about 20.8x MTRX ($303.0M).
- AGX has been more active in the news (4 items in the past 4 weeks vs 1 for MTRX).
- AGX has more recent analyst coverage (6 ratings vs 0 for MTRX).
- Company
- Argan Inc.
- Matrix Service Company
- Price
- -
- -
- Market cap
- $6.32B
- $303.0M
- 1M return
- -
- -
- 1Y return
- -
- -
- Industry
- Engineering & Construction
- Engineering & Construction
- Exchange
- NYSE
- NASDAQ
- IPO
- 1990
- News (4w)
- 4
- 1
- Recent ratings
- 6
- 0
Argan Inc.
Argan, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, operations management, maintenance, project development, technical, and consulting services to the power generation and renewable energy markets. The company operates through three segments: Power Industry Services, Industrial Fabrication and Field Services, and Telecommunications Infrastructure Services. The Power Industry Services segment offers engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracting services to the owners of alternative energy facilities, such as biomass plants, wind farms, and solar fields; and design, construction, project management, start-up, and operation services for projects with approximately 15 gigawatts of power-generating capacity. This segment serves independent power project owners, public utilities, power plant equipment suppliers, and energy plant construction companies. The Industrial Fabrication and Field Services segment provides industrial field, and pipe and vessel fabrication services for forest products, industrial gas, large fertilizer, mining, and petrochemical companies in southeast region of the United States. The Telecommunications Infrastructure Services segment offers trenchless directional boring and excavation for underground communication and power networks, as well as aerial cabling services; and installs buried cable, high and low voltage electric lines, and private area outdoor lighting systems. It also provides structuring, cabling, terminations, and connectivity that offers the physical transport for high speed data, voice, video, and security networks. This segment serves state and local government agencies, regional communications service providers, electric utilities, and other commercial customers, as well as federal government facilities comprising cleared facilities in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Argan, Inc. was incorporated in 1961 and is headquartered in Rockville, Maryland.
Matrix Service Company
Matrix Service Company provides engineering, fabrication, infrastructure, construction, and maintenance services primarily to the oil, gas, power, petrochemical, industrial, agricultural, mining, and minerals markets in the United States, Canada, South Korea, Australia, and internationally. The company's Electrical Infrastructure segment offers power delivery services, including construction of new substations, upgrades of existing substations, short-run transmission line installations, distribution upgrades, and maintenance; and emergency and storm restoration services. It also provides construction and maintenance services to combined cycle plants and other natural gas fired power stations. The company's Oil Gas & Chemical segment offers plant maintenance, turnarounds, engineering, and capital construction services; and hydro-blasting and excavating, advanced chemical cleaning, and vacuum services, as well as performs work in the petrochemical, sulfur extraction, and recovery and processing markets. Its Storage Solutions segment undertakes work related to aboveground storage tanks and terminals; and liquefied natural gas, liquid nitrogen/liquid oxygen, liquid petroleum, and other specialty vessels, which comprise spheres, as well as marine structures, and truck and rail loading/offloading facilities. Its services include engineering, fabrication and construction, and maintenance and repair, including planned and emergency services, as well as geodesic domes, aluminum internal floating roofs, floating suction and skimmer systems, roof drain systems, and floating roof seals. The company's Industrial segment offers engineering, fabrication and construction, and maintenance and repair, which include planned and emergency services; designs instrumentation and control systems; and offer specialized expertise in the design and construction of bulk material handling systems. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Latest AGX
- Argan, Inc. to Announce Second Quarter Fiscal 2027 Results and Host Conference Call on Wednesday, September 2, 2026
- Director Jeffrey John Ronald Jr. sold $3,313,222 worth of shares (5,716 units at $579.64), decreasing direct ownership by 69% to 2,533 units (SEC Form 4)
- Argan Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- Argan, Inc. Expands Teledata Footprint into New England with Acquisition of ValCor Communications
- Director Jeffrey John Ronald Jr. exercised 5,716 shares at a strike of $37.04, increasing direct ownership by 226% to 8,249 units (SEC Form 4)
- GEMMA, NON-EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN Griffin William F Jr sold $36,984,100 worth of shares (50,000 units at $739.68) (SEC Form 4)
- Chief Financial Officer Baugher Joshua Scott exercised 455 shares at a strike of $61.22 and sold $557,308 worth of shares (760 units at $733.30), decreasing direct ownership by 17% to 1,479 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Sweeney Karen sold $211,500 worth of shares (300 units at $705.00), decreasing direct ownership by 16% to 1,548 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Getsinger Peter W exercised 4,728 shares at a strike of $35.72 and sold $4,748,497 worth of shares (6,728 units at $705.78), decreasing direct ownership by 29% to 4,880 units (SEC Form 4)
- SEC Form 144 filed by Argan Inc.
Latest MTRX
- Matrix Service Company Sets Date for Release of Fiscal Year 2026 Fourth Quarter and Full-Year Results and Conference Call
- Matrix Service Company filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update
- VP Finance & CFO Cavanah Kevin S sold $48,911 worth of shares (3,491 units at $14.01) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 4% to 87,113 units (SEC Form 4)
- SVP, Enterprise Services Sheets Justin D sold $229,378 worth of shares (16,991 units at $13.50), decreasing direct ownership by 21% to 64,337 units (SEC Form 4)
- VP Finance & CFO Cavanah Kevin S sold $796,825 worth of shares (56,509 units at $14.10) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 38% to 90,604 units (SEC Form 4)
- SEC Form 144 filed by Matrix Service Company
- VP Finance & CFO Cavanah Kevin S sold $773,820 worth of shares (60,000 units at $12.90) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 29% to 147,113 units (SEC Form 4)
- Matrix Service Company to Participate at Upcoming Stifel Cross-Sector Insight Conference June 2-3, 2026
- Sidoti Events, LLC's May Micro-Cap Virtual Conference
- Matrix Service Company to Present at Upcoming Sidoti Virtual Micro-Cap Conference May 20-21, 2026