EMCOR Group (EME) Competitors

Quanta Services (NYSE:PWR) and EMCOR Group (NYSE:EME) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and valuation.

Do analysts recommend PWR or EME?

Quanta Services currently has a consensus price target of $347.35, indicating a potential upside of 0.54%. EMCOR Group has a consensus price target of $494.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.35%. Given EMCOR Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe EMCOR Group is more favorable than Quanta Services.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Quanta Services	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82
EMCOR Group	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is PWR or EME more profitable?

EMCOR Group has a net margin of 6.51% compared to Quanta Services' net margin of 3.82%. EMCOR Group's return on equity of 34.99% beat Quanta Services' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Quanta Services	3.82%	18.00%	7.14%
EMCOR Group	6.51%	34.99%	13.38%

Is PWR or EME a better dividend stock?

Quanta Services pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. EMCOR Group pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Quanta Services pays out 6.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EMCOR Group pays out 4.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Quanta Services has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years and EMCOR Group has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. EMCOR Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility and risk, PWR or EME?

Quanta Services has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EMCOR Group has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, PWR or EME?

Quanta Services has higher revenue and earnings than EMCOR Group. EMCOR Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quanta Services, 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
Quanta Services	$24.87B	2.06	$744.69M	$6.20	55.73
EMCOR Group	$15.00B	1.36	$632.99M	$22.63	20.17

Does the media prefer PWR or EME?

In the previous week, Quanta Services had 14 more articles in the media than EMCOR Group. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Quanta Services and 12 mentions for EMCOR Group. Quanta Services' average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat EMCOR Group's score of 1.30 indicating that Quanta Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Quanta Services	24 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
EMCOR Group	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PWR or EME?

Quanta Services received 315 more outperform votes than EMCOR Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.48% of users gave Quanta Services an outperform vote while only 64.51% of users gave EMCOR Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Quanta Services	Outperform Votes 604 71.48%	Underperform Votes 241 28.52%
EMCOR Group	Outperform Votes 289 64.51%	Underperform Votes 159 35.49%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PWR or EME?

90.5% of Quanta Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of EMCOR Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Quanta Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of EMCOR Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Quanta Services beats EMCOR Group on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.