EME vs. PWR, FIX, ACM, MTZ, KBR, FLR, DY, STRL, PRIM, and GVA
Should you be buying EMCOR Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EMCOR Group include Quanta Services (PWR), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), AECOM (ACM), MasTec (MTZ), KBR (KBR), Fluor (FLR), Dycom Industries (DY), Sterling Infrastructure (STRL), Primoris Services (PRIM), and Granite Construction (GVA). These companies are all part of the "construction & engineering" industry.
EMCOR Group (NYSE:EME) and Quanta Services (NYSE:PWR) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk.
In the previous week, Quanta Services had 8 more articles in the media than EMCOR Group. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Quanta Services and 7 mentions for EMCOR Group. Quanta Services' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat EMCOR Group's score of 0.84 indicating that Quanta Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
92.6% of EMCOR Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.5% of Quanta Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of EMCOR Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Quanta Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Quanta Services received 287 more outperform votes than EMCOR Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.21% of users gave Quanta Services an outperform vote while only 63.68% of users gave EMCOR Group an outperform vote.
Quanta Services has higher revenue and earnings than EMCOR Group. EMCOR Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quanta Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
EMCOR Group presently has a consensus target price of $375.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.51%. Quanta Services has a consensus target price of $268.85, suggesting a potential downside of 2.57%. Given Quanta Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Quanta Services is more favorable than EMCOR Group.
EMCOR Group has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quanta Services has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
EMCOR Group has a net margin of 5.48% compared to Quanta Services' net margin of 3.57%. EMCOR Group's return on equity of 30.38% beat Quanta Services' return on equity.
EMCOR Group pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Quanta Services pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. EMCOR Group pays out 6.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Quanta Services pays out 7.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. EMCOR Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Quanta Services beats EMCOR Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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