Fluor (FLR) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FLR or EME?

Fluor received 404 more outperform votes than EMCOR Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.73% of users gave Fluor an outperform vote while only 63.93% of users gave EMCOR Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fluor	Outperform Votes 684 66.73%	Underperform Votes 341 33.27%
EMCOR Group	Outperform Votes 280 63.93%	Underperform Votes 158 36.07%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, FLR or EME?

EMCOR Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Fluor. EMCOR Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fluor, 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
Fluor	$15.74B	0.54	$139M	$1.72	29.05
EMCOR Group	$13.75B	1.49	$632.99M	$15.16	28.70

Which has more risk & volatility, FLR or EME?

Fluor has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EMCOR Group has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FLR or EME a better dividend stock?

Fluor pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. EMCOR Group pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Fluor pays out 23.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EMCOR Group pays out 6.6% 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.

Do analysts recommend FLR or EME?

Fluor presently has a consensus price target of $54.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.06%. EMCOR Group has a consensus price target of $430.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.18%. Given Fluor's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Fluor is more favorable than EMCOR Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fluor	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
EMCOR Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of FLR or EME?

88.1% of Fluor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of EMCOR Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Fluor shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of EMCOR Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is FLR or EME more profitable?

EMCOR Group has a net margin of 6.01% compared to Fluor's net margin of 2.62%. EMCOR Group's return on equity of 32.73% beat Fluor's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fluor	2.62%	25.02%	7.57%
EMCOR Group	6.01%	32.73%	12.44%

Does the media refer more to FLR or EME?

In the previous week, EMCOR Group had 5 more articles in the media than Fluor. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for EMCOR Group and 9 mentions for Fluor. EMCOR Group's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Fluor's score of 0.95 indicating that EMCOR Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fluor	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
EMCOR Group	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Fluor and EMCOR Group tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.