EME vs. FIX, LII, WSO.B, MAS, JHX, OC, RPM, BLD, ACM, and TOL
Should you be buying EMCOR Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EMCOR Group include Comfort Systems USA (FIX), Lennox International (LII), Watsco (WSO.B), Masco (MAS), James Hardie Industries (JHX), Owens Corning (OC), RPM International (RPM), TopBuild (BLD), AECOM (ACM), and Toll Brothers (TOL). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
EMCOR Group (NYSE:EME) and Comfort Systems USA (NYSE:FIX) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and dividends.
Comfort Systems USA has a net margin of 6.51% compared to EMCOR Group's net margin of 5.48%. EMCOR Group's return on equity of 30.38% beat Comfort Systems USA's return on equity.
EMCOR Group pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Comfort Systems USA pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. EMCOR Group pays out 6.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Comfort Systems USA pays out 9.9% 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 higher revenue and earnings than Comfort Systems USA. EMCOR Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Comfort Systems USA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
EMCOR Group received 32 more outperform votes than Comfort Systems USA when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.33% of users gave Comfort Systems USA an outperform vote while only 63.68% of users gave EMCOR Group an outperform vote.
EMCOR Group has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Comfort Systems USA has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Comfort Systems USA had 13 more articles in the media than EMCOR Group. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Comfort Systems USA and 11 mentions for EMCOR Group. Comfort Systems USA's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat EMCOR Group's score of 1.14 indicating that Comfort Systems USA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
92.6% of EMCOR Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.5% of Comfort Systems USA shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of EMCOR Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Comfort Systems USA shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
EMCOR Group presently has a consensus target price of $375.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.09%. Comfort Systems USA has a consensus target price of $302.00, indicating a potential downside of 4.14%. Given EMCOR Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe EMCOR Group is more favorable than Comfort Systems USA.
Summary
Comfort Systems USA beats EMCOR Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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