PWR vs. EME, FIX, OTIS, MLM, VMC, HWM, LEN, URI, DHI, and PHM
Should you be buying Quanta Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quanta Services include EMCOR Group (EME), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), Otis Worldwide (OTIS), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), Vulcan Materials (VMC), Howmet Aerospace (HWM), Lennar (LEN), United Rentals (URI), D.R. Horton (DHI), and PulteGroup (PHM). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Quanta Services (NYSE:PWR) and EMCOR Group (NYSE:EME) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
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.
Quanta Services presently has a consensus target price of $262.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.52%. EMCOR Group has a consensus target price of $375.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.26%. Given EMCOR Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe EMCOR Group is more favorable than Quanta Services.
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.
90.5% of Quanta Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of EMCOR Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Quanta Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of EMCOR Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Quanta Services had 14 more articles in the media than EMCOR Group. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Quanta Services and 7 mentions for EMCOR Group. EMCOR Group's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Quanta Services' score of 0.88 indicating that EMCOR Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Quanta Services received 285 more outperform votes than EMCOR Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.14% of users gave Quanta Services an outperform vote while only 63.68% of users gave EMCOR Group an outperform vote.
Quanta Services has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EMCOR Group has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Quanta Services pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. EMCOR Group pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Quanta Services pays out 7.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EMCOR Group pays out 6.6% 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 and EMCOR Group tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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