Sterling Infrastructure (STRL) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to EME or STRL?

In the previous week, EMCOR Group had 12 more articles in the media than Sterling Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for EMCOR Group and 13 mentions for Sterling Infrastructure. EMCOR Group's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Sterling Infrastructure's score of 1.31 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	22 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Sterling Infrastructure	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer EME or STRL?

EMCOR Group currently has a consensus price target of $494.50, suggesting a potential upside of 4.59%. Sterling Infrastructure has a consensus price target of $185.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.17%. Given EMCOR Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly 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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EME or STRL?

EMCOR Group received 12 more outperform votes than Sterling Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.51% of users gave EMCOR Group an outperform vote while only 56.42% 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 277 56.42%	Underperform Votes 214 43.58%

Which has better 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	20.89
Sterling Infrastructure	$2.11B	2.70	$138.65M	$8.56	21.87

Which has more risk & volatility, EME or STRL?

EMCOR Group has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sterling Infrastructure has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in EME or STRL?

92.6% of EMCOR Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.9% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of EMCOR Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock 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%

Summary

EMCOR Group beats Sterling Infrastructure on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.