Jacobs Engineering Group (JEC) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PWR or JEC?

Quanta Services received 92 more outperform votes than Jacobs Engineering Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.51% of users gave Quanta Services an outperform vote while only 66.88% of users gave Jacobs Engineering Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Quanta Services	Outperform Votes 605 71.51%	Underperform Votes 241 28.49%
Jacobs Engineering Group	Outperform Votes 513 66.88%	Underperform Votes 254 33.12%

Does the media favor PWR or JEC?

In the previous week, Quanta Services had 29 more articles in the media than Jacobs Engineering Group. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Quanta Services and 1 mentions for Jacobs Engineering Group. Quanta Services' average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Jacobs Engineering Group's score of 0.00 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	27 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Jacobs Engineering Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, PWR or JEC?

Jacobs Engineering Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Quanta Services. 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Quanta Services	$24.87B	2.13	$744.69M	$6.20	57.72
Jacobs Engineering Group	$12.74B	1.32	$847.98M	$5.05	24.93

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in PWR or JEC?

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

Do analysts recommend PWR or JEC?

Quanta Services presently has a consensus price target of $349.65, suggesting a potential downside of 2.29%. Given Quanta Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly 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)	6 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82
Jacobs Engineering Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is PWR or JEC a better dividend stock?

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 6.5% 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.

Is PWR or JEC more profitable?

Jacobs Engineering Group has a net margin of 6.66% compared to Quanta Services' net margin of 3.82%. Quanta Services' return on equity of 18.00% beat Jacobs Engineering Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Quanta Services	3.82%	18.00%	7.14%
Jacobs Engineering Group	6.66%	11.42%	5.42%

Which has more risk & volatility, PWR or JEC?

Quanta Services has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jacobs Engineering Group has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Quanta Services beats Jacobs Engineering Group on 17 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.