FLR vs. EME, FIX, ACM, MTZ, KBR, DY, STRL, PRIM, GVA, and MYRG
Should you be buying Fluor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fluor include EMCOR Group (EME), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), AECOM (ACM), MasTec (MTZ), KBR (KBR), Dycom Industries (DY), 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 Fluor (NYSE:FLR) are both construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and risk.
In the previous week, EMCOR Group had 5 more articles in the media than Fluor. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for EMCOR Group and 5 mentions for Fluor. Fluor's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat EMCOR Group's score of 0.75 indicating that EMCOR Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
EMCOR Group has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fluor has a beta of 2.11, meaning that its share price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500.
92.6% of EMCOR Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.1% of Fluor shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of EMCOR Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Fluor shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Fluor received 401 more outperform votes than EMCOR Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave Fluor an outperform vote while only 63.68% of users gave EMCOR Group an outperform vote.
EMCOR Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fluor. Fluor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EMCOR Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
EMCOR Group has a net margin of 5.48% compared to EMCOR Group's net margin of 1.97%. Fluor's return on equity of 30.38% beat EMCOR Group's return on equity.
EMCOR Group presently has a consensus price target of $375.00, suggesting a potential downside of 5.07%. Fluor has a consensus price target of $44.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.49%. Given EMCOR Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Fluor is more favorable than EMCOR Group.
Summary
EMCOR Group beats Fluor on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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