KBR (KBR) Competitors

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

Is EME or KBR a better dividend stock?

EMCOR Group pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. KBR pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. EMCOR Group pays out 4.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. KBR pays out 22.1% 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. EMCOR Group has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and KBR has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years. KBR is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of EME or KBR?

92.6% of EMCOR Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of KBR shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of EMCOR Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of KBR shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, EME or KBR?

EMCOR Group has higher revenue and earnings than KBR. KBR is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EMCOR Group, 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
EMCOR Group	$15.00B	1.41	$632.99M	$22.63	20.84
KBR	$7.98B	0.87	-$265M	$2.99	17.80

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EME or KBR?

KBR received 278 more outperform votes than EMCOR Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.02% of users gave KBR an outperform vote while only 64.51% of users gave EMCOR Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
EMCOR Group	Outperform Votes 289 64.51%	Underperform Votes 159 35.49%
KBR	Outperform Votes 567 67.02%	Underperform Votes 279 32.98%

Do analysts rate EME or KBR?

EMCOR Group presently has a consensus target price of $494.50, indicating a potential upside of 4.84%. KBR has a consensus target price of $67.57, indicating a potential upside of 26.96%. Given KBR's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe KBR is more favorable than EMCOR Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
EMCOR Group	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
KBR	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Does the media refer more to EME or KBR?

In the previous week, EMCOR Group had 7 more articles in the media than KBR. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for EMCOR Group and 6 mentions for KBR. EMCOR Group's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat KBR's score of 0.29 indicating that EMCOR Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
EMCOR Group	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
KBR	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is EME or KBR more profitable?

EMCOR Group has a net margin of 6.51% compared to KBR's net margin of 4.35%. EMCOR Group's return on equity of 34.99% beat KBR's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EMCOR Group	6.51%	34.99%	13.38%
KBR	4.35%	28.87%	6.98%

Which has more risk & volatility, EME or KBR?

EMCOR Group has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KBR has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

EMCOR Group beats KBR on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.