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Jacobs Engineering Group (JEC) Competitors

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

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), KBR (KBR), and Primoris Services (PRIM). These companies are all part of the "construction & engineering" industry.

Jacobs Engineering Group vs. Its Competitors

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

Jacobs Engineering Group has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quanta Services has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

90.6% of Jacobs Engineering Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.5% of Quanta Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Jacobs Engineering Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Quanta Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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
Jacobs Engineering Group$12.74B1.55$847.98M$5.0529.40
Quanta Services$23.67B2.39$904.82M$6.4658.76

Quanta Services has a consensus target price of $392.45, indicating a potential upside of 3.39%. 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
Jacobs Engineering Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Quanta Services
0 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.52

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
Jacobs Engineering Group6.66% 11.42% 5.42%
Quanta Services 3.73%18.41%7.15%

In the previous week, Quanta Services had 42 more articles in the media than Jacobs Engineering Group. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Quanta Services and 0 mentions for Jacobs Engineering Group. Quanta Services' average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Jacobs Engineering Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Quanta Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Jacobs Engineering Group Neutral
Quanta Services Very Positive

Jacobs Engineering Group pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Quanta Services pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Jacobs Engineering Group pays out 13.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Quanta Services pays out 6.2% 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 increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years.

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$19.79B$15.89B$9.38B$20.92B
Dividend Yield0.79%2.32%1.88%3.58%
P/E Ratio29.40N/A16.2229.13
Price / Sales1.550.41123.9353.00
Price / Cash13.1910.1615.0023.54
Price / Book3.490.544.935.45
Net Income$847.98M$1.86B$618.69M$992.10M

Jacobs Engineering Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JEC
Jacobs Engineering Group
N/A$148.49
+1.0%
N/A-0.9%$19.79B$12.74B29.4048,000
PWR
Quanta Services
4.3544 of 5 stars
$378.14
-1.4%
$392.45
+3.8%
+41.7%$56.35B$23.67B58.5458,400Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
EME
EMCOR Group
4.0226 of 5 stars
$610.43
-0.4%
$594.50
-2.6%
+63.5%$27.32B$14.57B25.3340,400Positive News
FIX
Comfort Systems USA
4.6826 of 5 stars
$692.11
-0.5%
$635.60
-8.2%
+104.5%$24.37B$7.03B35.5018,300Positive News
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ACM
AECOM
4.3169 of 5 stars
$121.28
+0.8%
$128.44
+5.9%
+27.4%$16.04B$16.11B26.3851,000Positive News
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
MTZ
MasTec
4.2661 of 5 stars
$177.25
-0.7%
$195.12
+10.1%
+61.6%$13.96B$13.05B52.3633,000Positive News
STRL
Sterling Infrastructure
3.5683 of 5 stars
$281.03
-0.8%
$355.00
+26.3%
+145.9%$8.49B$2.12B30.323,000Positive News
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DY
Dycom Industries
4.1664 of 5 stars
$272.42
-0.2%
$264.63
-2.9%
+46.7%$7.88B$4.70B34.5315,623Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
FLR
Fluor
4.7137 of 5 stars
$41.98
-0.3%
$49.57
+18.1%
-14.7%$6.77B$16.32B1.7326,866Positive News
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KBR
KBR
4.6969 of 5 stars
$50.03
+0.5%
$62.78
+25.5%
-23.6%$6.45B$7.74B18.1310,000Dividend Announcement
PRIM
Primoris Services
4.7167 of 5 stars
$112.79
+0.0%
$101.67
-9.9%
+114.5%$6.04B$6.93B37.0112,800Positive News
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This page (NYSE:JEC) was last updated on 8/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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