NYSE:EME - Emcor Group Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Emcor Group announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 2nd. Investors of record on Monday, October 15th will be given a dividend of $0.08 per share on Tuesday, October 30th. This represents a $0.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.43%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 12th. View Emcor Group's Dividend History.

Emcor Group declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback plan on Thursday, October 25th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $200,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase up to 5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Emcor Group Inc (NYSE:EME) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 25th. The construction company reported $1.35 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.23 by $0.12. The construction company earned $2.05 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.95 billion. Emcor Group had a return on equity of 15.96% and a net margin of 3.27%. View Emcor Group's Earnings History.

Emcor Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 28th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Emcor Group.

Emcor Group updated its FY 2018 earnings guidance on Thursday, October, 25th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $4.75-4.90 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $4.75. The company issued revenue guidance of $7.9-7.9 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $7.87 billion.

3 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Emcor Group's shares. Their predictions range from $83.00 to $87.00. On average, they expect Emcor Group's stock price to reach $85.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Emcor Group.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Emcor Group in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Emcor Group.

Media stories about EME stock have been trending positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Emcor Group earned a daily sentiment score of 2.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the construction company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.

Emcor Group saw a increase in short interest during the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,816,739 shares, an increase of 78.4% from the October 15th total of 1,018,216 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 599,726 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.0 days. Approximately 3.2% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Emcor Group's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Emcor Group include FERROVIAL S A/ADR (FRRVY), Vulcan Materials (VMC), Lennar (LEN), HEIDELBERGCEMEN/ADR (HDELY), Rollins (ROL), D. R. Horton (DHI), Nippon Paint (NPCPF), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), Lennar (LEN.B), Jacobs Engineering Group (JEC), SEKISUI HOUSE L/S (SKHSY), United Rentals (URI), PERSIMMON/ADR (PSMMY), Masco (MAS) and Lennox International (LII).

Emcor Group's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (11.69%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.63%), FMR LLC (3.26%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.58%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.44%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.13%). Company insiders that own Emcor Group stock include Anthony Guzzi, Jerry E Ryan, R Kevin Matz 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 FMR LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, American Century Companies Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, ClariVest Asset Management LLC and Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Emcor Group company stock in the last year include Anthony Guzzi, Jerry E Ryan, R Kevin Matz and William P Reid. View Insider Buying and Selling for Emcor Group.

EME stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Allianz Asset Management GmbH, BlackRock Inc., First Quadrant L P CA, Walthausen & Co. LLC, Dupont Capital Management Corp, Credit Suisse AG, Systematic Financial Management LP and SG Americas Securities LLC. 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 $73.88.

Emcor Group has a market capitalization of $4.27 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.

The official website for Emcor Group is http://www.emcorgroup.com.

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