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.
Quanta Services (NYSE:PWR) and EMCOR Group (NYSE:EME) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
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. Quanta Services has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and EMCOR Group has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. EMCOR Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
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.
In the previous week, Quanta Services had 8 more articles in the media than EMCOR Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Quanta Services and 10 mentions for EMCOR Group. Quanta Services' average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat EMCOR Group's score of 0.87 indicating that EMCOR Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 8.39%. EMCOR Group has a consensus target price of $375.00, indicating a potential downside of 6.72%. Given Quanta Services' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe EMCOR Group is more favorable than Quanta Services.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of EMCOR Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
EMCOR Group has a net margin of 5.48% compared to EMCOR Group's net margin of 3.57%. Quanta Services' return on equity of 30.38% beat EMCOR Group's return on equity.
Quanta Services has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EMCOR Group has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
EMCOR Group beats Quanta Services on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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