Sterling Infrastructure (STRL) Competitors

EMCOR Group (NYSE:EME) and Sterling Infrastructure (NASDAQ:STRL) are both construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, EME or STRL?

EMCOR Group has higher revenue and earnings than Sterling Infrastructure. EMCOR Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sterling Infrastructure, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
EMCOR Group	$15.00B	1.41	$632.99M	$22.63	20.84
Sterling Infrastructure	$2.11B	2.95	$138.65M	$8.56	23.89

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of EME or STRL?

92.6% of EMCOR Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.9% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of EMCOR Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is EME or STRL more profitable?

Sterling Infrastructure has a net margin of 8.77% compared to EMCOR Group's net margin of 6.51%. EMCOR Group's return on equity of 34.99% beat Sterling Infrastructure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EMCOR Group	6.51%	34.99%	13.38%
Sterling Infrastructure	8.77%	27.52%	9.76%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EME or STRL?

EMCOR Group received 11 more outperform votes than Sterling Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.51% of users gave EMCOR Group an outperform vote while only 56.50% of users gave Sterling Infrastructure an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
EMCOR Group	Outperform Votes 289 64.51%	Underperform Votes 159 35.49%
Sterling Infrastructure	Outperform Votes 278 56.50%	Underperform Votes 214 43.50%

Does the media refer more to EME or STRL?

In the previous week, EMCOR Group and EMCOR Group both had 13 articles in the media. EMCOR Group's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Sterling Infrastructure's score of 1.10 indicating that EMCOR Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
EMCOR Group	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sterling Infrastructure	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend EME or STRL?

EMCOR Group currently has a consensus target price of $494.50, suggesting a potential upside of 4.84%. Sterling Infrastructure has a consensus target price of $185.00, suggesting a potential downside of 9.52%. Given EMCOR Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe EMCOR Group is more favorable than Sterling Infrastructure.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
EMCOR Group	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Sterling Infrastructure	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility and risk, EME or STRL?

EMCOR Group has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sterling Infrastructure has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

EMCOR Group beats Sterling Infrastructure on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.