DY vs. EME, FIX, ACM, MTZ, KBR, FLR, STRL, PRIM, GVA, and MYRG
Should you be buying Dycom Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dycom Industries include EMCOR Group (EME), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), AECOM (ACM), MasTec (MTZ), KBR (KBR), Fluor (FLR), Sterling Infrastructure (STRL), Primoris Services (PRIM), Granite Construction (GVA), and MYR Group (MYRG). These companies are all part of the "construction & engineering" industry.
EMCOR Group (NYSE:EME) and Dycom Industries (NYSE:DY) are both construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, earnings and community ranking.
In the previous week, Dycom Industries had 11 more articles in the media than EMCOR Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Dycom Industries and 7 mentions for EMCOR Group. Dycom Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat EMCOR Group's score of 0.61 indicating that EMCOR Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
EMCOR Group has a net margin of 5.48% compared to EMCOR Group's net margin of 5.38%. Dycom Industries' return on equity of 30.38% beat EMCOR Group's return on equity.
EMCOR Group has higher revenue and earnings than Dycom Industries. Dycom Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EMCOR Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dycom Industries received 381 more outperform votes than EMCOR Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.44% of users gave Dycom Industries an outperform vote while only 63.68% of users gave EMCOR Group an outperform vote.
EMCOR Group presently has a consensus target price of $375.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.51%. Dycom Industries has a consensus target price of $191.71, suggesting a potential upside of 6.53%. Given EMCOR Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Dycom Industries is more favorable than EMCOR Group.
EMCOR Group has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dycom Industries has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
92.6% of EMCOR Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.3% of Dycom Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of EMCOR Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Dycom Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Dycom Industries beats EMCOR Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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