FLR vs. EME, ACM, FIX, 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), AECOM (ACM), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), 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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.
EMCOR Group has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fluor has a beta of 2.03, indicating that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500.
92.6% of EMCOR Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.1% of Fluor shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of EMCOR Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Fluor shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
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. EMCOR Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fluor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, EMCOR Group had 4 more articles in the media than Fluor. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for EMCOR Group and 6 mentions for Fluor. EMCOR Group's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Fluor's score of 0.85 indicating that Fluor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
EMCOR Group pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Fluor pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. EMCOR Group pays out 6.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fluor pays out 23.3% 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 has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
EMCOR Group presently has a consensus target price of $375.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.27%. Fluor has a consensus target price of $44.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.52%. Given Fluor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe EMCOR Group is more favorable than Fluor.
Summary
EMCOR Group beats Fluor on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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