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MYR Group Inc. Announces Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2019 Results
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill., March 04, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MYR Group Inc. (“MYR”) (NASDAQ: MYRG), a holding company of leading specialty contractors serving
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[{"type":"text","content":"ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill., March 04, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MYR Group Inc. (“MYR”) (NASDAQ: MYRG), a holding company of leading specialty contractors serving the electric utility infrastructure, commercial and industrial construction markets in the United States and western Canada, today announced its fourth-quarter and full-year 2019 financial results.\n Highlights for Fourth Quarter 2019 Fourth quarter revenues of $571.1 millionFourth quarter net income attributable to MYR Group Inc. of $12.8 million, or $0.76 per diluted shareRecord backlog of $1.5 billion Management Comments Rick Swartz, MYR's President and CEO said, “We finished 2019 with strong financial results in the fourth quarter, and full year revenues of $2.07 billion, setting a record high for the fifth consecutive year. Our backlog of $1.5 billion at the end of 2019, a new record high, demonstrates that efforts to expand our service offerings across a wider footprint and continually improve customer value are translating to diverse opportunities in the United States and western Canada. We anticipate continued market strength and growth opportunities for both our Transmission & Distribution and Commercial & Industrial segments as we further enhance our leadership position in the electrical construction industry.” Fourth-Quarter Results MYR reported fourth-quarter 2019 revenues of $571.1 million, an increase of $124.8 million, or 27.9 percent, compared to the fourth quarter of 2018. Specifically, our Transmission and Distribution (“T&D”) segment reported record quarterly revenues of $311.0 million, an increase of $53.7 million, or 20.9 percent, from the fourth quarter of 2018, primarily due to an increase in revenue on small- to medium-sized transmission projects. Our Commercial and Industrial (“C&I”) segment reported fourth-quarter 2019 revenues of $260.1 million, an increase of $71.0 million, or 37.5 percent, from the fourth quarter of 2018, primarily due to incremental revenues from the acquisition of CSI Electrical Contractors, Inc (“CSI”). Consolidated gross profit increased to $68.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2019, compared to $47.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2018. Gross margin increased to 12.1 percent for the fourth quarter of 2019 from 10.6 percent for the fourth quarter of 2018. The increase in gross margin was primarily due to better than anticip...