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Jacobs Engineering Group (JEC) Competitors

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JEC vs. PWR, EME, FIX, ACM, MTZ, STRL, DY, FLR, PRIM, and KBR

Should you be buying Jacobs Engineering Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Jacobs Engineering Group include Quanta Services (PWR), EMCOR Group (EME), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), AECOM (ACM), MasTec (MTZ), Sterling Infrastructure (STRL), Dycom Industries (DY), Fluor (FLR), Primoris Services (PRIM), and KBR (KBR). These companies are all part of the "construction & engineering" industry.

Jacobs Engineering Group vs. Its Competitors

Quanta Services (NYSE:PWR) and Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE:JEC) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and risk.

In the previous week, Quanta Services had 26 more articles in the media than Jacobs Engineering Group. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Quanta Services and 0 mentions for Jacobs Engineering Group. Quanta Services' average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Jacobs Engineering Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Quanta Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Quanta Services Very Positive
Jacobs Engineering Group Neutral

Quanta Services has higher revenue and earnings than Jacobs Engineering Group. Jacobs Engineering 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Quanta Services$23.67B2.45$904.82M$6.4660.16
Jacobs Engineering Group$12.74B1.58$847.98M$5.0529.82

Jacobs Engineering Group has a net margin of 6.66% compared to Quanta Services' net margin of 3.73%. Quanta Services' return on equity of 18.41% beat Jacobs Engineering Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Quanta Services3.73% 18.41% 7.15%
Jacobs Engineering Group 6.66%11.42%5.42%

90.5% of Quanta Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.6% of Jacobs Engineering Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Quanta Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Jacobs Engineering Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Quanta Services pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Jacobs Engineering Group pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Quanta Services pays out 6.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Jacobs Engineering Group pays out 13.5% 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.

Quanta Services has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jacobs Engineering Group has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Quanta Services currently has a consensus price target of $401.19, suggesting a potential upside of 3.23%. Given Quanta Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Quanta Services is more favorable than Jacobs Engineering Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Quanta Services
0 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Jacobs Engineering Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

Quanta Services beats Jacobs Engineering Group on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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JEC vs. The Competition

MetricJacobs Engineering GroupHeavy Construction, Except Building Construction IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$20.07B$15.90B$9.33B$21.71B
Dividend Yield0.79%2.32%1.88%3.51%
P/E Ratio29.82N/A17.2530.30
Price / Sales1.580.42103.1761.56
Price / Cash13.1910.1615.4418.30
Price / Book3.540.574.804.67
Net Income$847.98M$1.86B$619.40M$1.00B

Jacobs Engineering Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JEC
Jacobs Engineering Group
N/A$150.61
+1.0%
N/A+0.4%$20.07B$12.74B29.8248,000
PWR
Quanta Services
3.8959 of 5 stars
$380.52
-1.3%
$397.18
+4.4%
+36.2%$56.70B$23.67B58.9058,400Positive News
EME
EMCOR Group
3.5962 of 5 stars
$616.15
-2.0%
$594.50
-3.5%
+50.3%$27.62B$14.57B25.6040,400Positive News
FIX
Comfort Systems USA
4.6811 of 5 stars
$775.04
-0.9%
$668.60
-13.7%
+113.2%$27.34B$7.03B39.8318,300Positive News
ACM
AECOM
3.9023 of 5 stars
$127.46
-0.2%
$128.44
+0.8%
+31.4%$16.89B$16.11B27.7851,000Positive News
MTZ
MasTec
3.5997 of 5 stars
$190.16
-1.6%
$196.22
+3.2%
+64.2%$15.03B$12.30B56.3533,000Positive News
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STRL
Sterling Infrastructure
2.0692 of 5 stars
$314.45
-2.6%
$355.00
+12.9%
+148.0%$9.54B$2.12B34.083,000Positive News
DY
Dycom Industries
3.8997 of 5 stars
$251.92
-1.4%
$289.43
+14.9%
+44.0%$7.29B$4.70B28.2915,623Positive News
FLR
Fluor
4.2726 of 5 stars
$40.61
-2.1%
$49.57
+22.1%
-5.0%$6.57B$16.31B1.6726,866Trending News
PRIM
Primoris Services
4.5311 of 5 stars
$119.00
-3.7%
$103.70
-12.9%
+125.3%$6.42B$6.93B39.3512,800Analyst Forecast
KBR
KBR
4.5082 of 5 stars
$48.37
-0.8%
$62.78
+29.8%
-23.5%$6.23B$7.74B17.5310,000Trending News
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This page (NYSE:JEC) was last updated on 9/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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