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$634.67 +55.87 (+9.65%)
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EME vs. STRL, BCC, BLD, DY, FIX, GVA, MLM, MTZ, URI, and MPTI

Should you be buying EMCOR Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EMCOR Group include Sterling Infrastructure (STRL), Boise Cascade (BCC), TopBuild (BLD), Dycom Industries (DY), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), Granite Construction (GVA), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), MasTec (MTZ), United Rentals (URI), and M-tron Industries (MPTI). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.

EMCOR Group vs. Its Competitors

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

Sterling Infrastructure has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EMCOR Group has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sterling Infrastructure$2.11B3.87$257.46M$8.5631.32
EMCOR Group$14.57B1.95$1.01B$22.6328.05

In the previous week, EMCOR Group had 2 more articles in the media than Sterling Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for EMCOR Group and 22 mentions for Sterling Infrastructure. EMCOR Group's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Sterling Infrastructure's score of 1.08 indicating that EMCOR Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sterling Infrastructure
17 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
EMCOR Group
22 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Sterling Infrastructure has a net margin of 12.62% compared to EMCOR Group's net margin of 7.00%. EMCOR Group's return on equity of 37.12% beat Sterling Infrastructure's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sterling Infrastructure12.62% 26.58% 10.13%
EMCOR Group 7.00%37.12%14.01%

80.9% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of EMCOR Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of EMCOR Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Sterling Infrastructure presently has a consensus target price of $265.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.17%. EMCOR Group has a consensus target price of $581.40, indicating a potential downside of 8.39%. Given Sterling Infrastructure's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Sterling Infrastructure is more favorable than EMCOR Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sterling Infrastructure
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
EMCOR Group
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

Summary

EMCOR Group beats Sterling Infrastructure on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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EME vs. The Competition

MetricEMCOR GroupBLDG IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$28.42B$14.68B$9.49B$21.03B
Dividend Yield0.16%2.35%2.01%3.59%
P/E Ratio28.0530.6316.8328.45
Price / Sales1.951.12110.9071.64
Price / Cash25.6113.4415.1122.92
Price / Book9.944.204.704.68
Net Income$1.01B$1.37B$620.50M$995.51M
7 Day Performance12.24%2.83%2.98%1.65%
1 Month Performance23.92%3.34%4.16%4.54%
1 Year Performance74.35%34.27%100.61%10.00%

EMCOR Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EME
EMCOR Group
3.7035 of 5 stars
$634.67
+9.7%
$581.40
-8.4%
+83.3%$28.42B$14.57B28.0540,400Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
STRL
Sterling Infrastructure
1.5168 of 5 stars
$247.65
-1.3%
$265.00
+7.0%
+143.6%$7.53B$2.12B28.933,000News Coverage
Positive News
BCC
Boise Cascade
4.8052 of 5 stars
$83.52
-0.4%
$116.00
+38.9%
-34.9%$3.14B$6.62B10.437,560Analyst Revision
BLD
TopBuild
4.2105 of 5 stars
$357.28
+0.2%
$387.27
+8.4%
-13.7%$10.21B$5.33B18.0713,984
DY
Dycom Industries
3.7147 of 5 stars
$256.97
+0.2%
$259.00
+0.8%
+51.9%$7.43B$4.70B32.5715,623
FIX
Comfort Systems USA
3.9299 of 5 stars
$544.19
-1.8%
$572.60
+5.2%
+135.8%$19.20B$7.32B32.6418,300Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
GVA
Granite Construction
1.1454 of 5 stars
$94.29
+0.3%
$76.00
-19.4%
+44.4%$4.12B$4.01B39.292,300News Coverage
Positive News
MLM
Martin Marietta Materials
4.0919 of 5 stars
$563.65
-0.2%
$603.86
+7.1%
+7.1%$33.98B$6.54B32.479,400Positive News
MTZ
MasTec
3.8818 of 5 stars
$175.18
-1.4%
$174.47
-0.4%
+77.6%$13.82B$12.30B64.4033,000News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
URI
United Rentals
4.3344 of 5 stars
$778.38
-3.7%
$772.77
-0.7%
+17.8%$50.59B$15.35B20.1527,900Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
MPTI
M-tron Industries
1.6533 of 5 stars
$41.52
+3.5%
N/AN/A$121.24M$49.01M15.21300Positive News

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