NYSE:EME - Emcor Group Stock Price, Price Target & More

Emcor Group trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "EME."

Emcor Group announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 4th. Shareholders of record on Monday, April 16th will be given a dividend of $0.08 per share on Monday, April 30th. This represents a $0.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.41%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, April 13th. View Emcor Group's Dividend History.

Emcor Group declared that its board has approved a stock buyback plan on Thursday, October 26th 2017, which permits the company to buyback $100,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 2.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Emcor Group Inc (NYSE:EME) issued its earnings results on Thursday, April, 26th. The construction company reported $0.94 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.85 by $0.09. The construction company earned $1.90 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.80 billion. Emcor Group had a return on equity of 14.89% and a net margin of 2.99%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up .5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.88 earnings per share. View Emcor Group's Earnings History.

Emcor Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July, 25th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Emcor Group.

Emcor Group issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Thursday, April, 26th. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.10-4.70 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $4.43. The company issued revenue guidance of $7.60-7.70 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $7.72 billion.

3 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Emcor Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $87.00 to $87.00. On average, they expect Emcor Group's share price to reach $87.00 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Emcor Group.

Emcor Group saw a decrease in short interest during the month of May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 505,217 shares, a decrease of 50.2% from the May 15th total of 1,014,568 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 348,839 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.4 days. Currently, 0.9% of the shares of the company are sold short.

Some companies that are related to Emcor Group include HEIDELBERGCEMEN/ADR (HDELY), Vulcan Materials (VMC), Lennar (LEN), D. R. Horton (DHI), FERROVIAL S A/ADR (FRRVY), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), Lennar Co. Class B (LEN.B), United Rentals (URI), Sekisui House (SKHSY), Masco (MAS), NVR (NVR), Rollins (ROL), PERSIMMON/ADR (PSMMY), Jacobs Engineering Group (JEC) and Cemex SAB de CV (CX).

Headlines about EME stock have trended somewhat negative recently, Accern reports. Accern identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Emcor Group earned a daily sentiment score of -0.06 on Accern's scale. They also gave media headlines about the construction company an impact score of 46.77 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future.

Emcor Group's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (10.74%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.51%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.91%), Northern Trust Corp (2.63%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.55%) and Prudential Financial Inc. (2.01%). Company insiders that own Emcor Group stock include David A B Brown, Jerry E Ryan, Maxine Lum Mauricio, Michael T Yonker and William P Reid. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Emcor Group.

EME stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Victory Capital Management Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Great Lakes Advisors LLC, Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC, WINTON GROUP Ltd, Royal Bank of Canada and Millennium Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Emcor Group company stock in the last year include Jerry E Ryan and William P Reid. View Insider Buying and Selling for Emcor Group.

EME stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Wells Fargo & Company MN, BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company , Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc., Dupont Capital Management Corp and DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale. View Insider Buying and Selling for Emcor Group.

Shares of EME can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of EME stock can currently be purchased for approximately $78.45.

Emcor Group has a market capitalization of $4.54 billion and generates $7.69 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $227.19 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.06 on an earnings per share basis. Emcor Group employs 32,000 workers across the globe.

Emcor Group's mailing address is 301 MERRITT SEVEN, NORWALK CT, 06851. The construction company can be reached via phone at 203-849-7800.