Dycom Industries (DY) Competitors

Dycom Industries (NYSE:DY) and EMCOR Group (NYSE:EME) are both construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in DY or EME?

98.3% of Dycom Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of EMCOR Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Dycom Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of EMCOR Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, DY or EME?

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

Do analysts recommend DY or EME?

Dycom Industries currently has a consensus target price of $201.89, indicating a potential upside of 4.77%. EMCOR Group has a consensus target price of $494.50, indicating a potential upside of 4.59%. Given Dycom Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Dycom Industries is more favorable than EMCOR Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dycom Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.22
EMCOR Group	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DY or EME?

Dycom Industries received 387 more outperform votes than EMCOR Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.72% of users gave Dycom Industries an outperform vote while only 64.51% of users gave EMCOR Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dycom Industries	Outperform Votes 676 73.72%	Underperform Votes 241 26.28%
EMCOR Group	Outperform Votes 289 64.51%	Underperform Votes 159 35.49%

Does the media prefer DY or EME?

In the previous week, EMCOR Group had 12 more articles in the media than Dycom Industries. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for EMCOR Group and 14 mentions for Dycom Industries. EMCOR Group's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Dycom Industries' score of 1.42 indicating that EMCOR Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dycom Industries	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
EMCOR Group	23 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is DY or EME more profitable?

EMCOR Group has a net margin of 6.51% compared to Dycom Industries' net margin of 4.91%. EMCOR Group's return on equity of 34.99% beat Dycom Industries' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dycom Industries	4.91%	20.99%	8.62%
EMCOR Group	6.51%	34.99%	13.38%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, DY or EME?

EMCOR Group has higher revenue and earnings than Dycom Industries. EMCOR Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dycom Industries, 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
Dycom Industries	$4.70B	1.18	$218.92M	$7.92	24.33
EMCOR Group	$15.00B	1.41	$632.99M	$22.63	20.89

Summary

Dycom Industries beats EMCOR Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.