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KBR vs. EME, FIX, ACM, MTZ, FLR, STRL, DY, PRIM, GVA, and MYRG

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

KBR vs.

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

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 1.3%. 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.

In the previous week, EMCOR Group had 6 more articles in the media than KBR. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for EMCOR Group and 19 mentions for KBR. EMCOR Group's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat KBR's score of 1.14 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
22 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
KBR
13 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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 Group6.51% 34.99% 13.38%
KBR 4.35%28.87%6.98%

EMCOR Group currently has a consensus price target of $494.50, indicating a potential upside of 6.52%. KBR has a consensus price target of $68.86, indicating a potential upside of 32.16%. Given KBR's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

EMCOR Group has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KBR has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

92.6% of EMCOR Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of KBR shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of EMCOR Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of KBR shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
EMCOR Group$15.00B1.39$632.99M$22.6320.51
KBR$7.98B0.85-$265M$2.9917.43

KBR received 277 more outperform votes than EMCOR Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.06% of users gave KBR an outperform vote while only 64.51% of users gave EMCOR Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
EMCOR GroupOutperform Votes
289
64.51%
Underperform Votes
159
35.49%
KBROutperform Votes
566
67.06%
Underperform Votes
278
32.94%

Summary

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

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KBR vs. The Competition

MetricKBRHeavy construction, except building construction IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.76B$17.98B$8.72B$19.38B
Dividend Yield1.19%1.44%2.05%3.84%
P/E Ratio21.8919.4016.6034.23
Price / Sales0.851.2471.5634.85
Price / Cash13.6513.3821.3017.51
Price / Book5.053.014.564.69
Net Income-$265M$821.36M$557.33M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-6.21%-1.24%-1.67%-1.34%
1 Month Performance4.04%17.78%10.25%9.79%
1 Year Performance-21.73%7.46%84.19%3.27%

KBR Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KBR
KBR
4.7408 of 5 stars
$52.10
-5.8%
$68.86
+32.2%
-21.7%$7.18B$7.98B21.8930,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
High Trading Volume
EME
EMCOR Group
2.7273 of 5 stars
$457.85
+4.2%
$494.50
+8.0%
+19.6%$20.49B$15.00B23.2535,500Positive News
FIX
Comfort Systems USA
4.5984 of 5 stars
$452.72
+4.1%
$517.60
+14.3%
+42.2%$15.97B$7.32B30.9914,100Positive News
ACM
AECOM
4.6076 of 5 stars
$106.55
+1.8%
$119.00
+11.7%
+19.2%$14.10B$16.05B30.2750,000Positive News
MTZ
MasTec
3.3879 of 5 stars
$152.84
+3.1%
$160.33
+4.9%
+42.7%$12.06B$12.46B136.4630,000Positive News
FLR
Fluor
4.4284 of 5 stars
$37.49
+4.5%
$45.43
+21.2%
-7.2%$6.17B$16.56B3.0839,600Positive News
STRL
Sterling Infrastructure
1.1555 of 5 stars
$183.27
+3.1%
$185.00
+0.9%
+39.5%$5.57B$2.11B30.963,200News Coverage
Positive News
DY
Dycom Industries
3.4748 of 5 stars
$192.65
+2.2%
$200.22
+3.9%
+45.1%$5.54B$4.70B25.3515,400Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
PRIM
Primoris Services
4.2087 of 5 stars
$70.89
+3.8%
$85.75
+21.0%
+42.5%$3.83B$6.60B23.4712,800Positive News
GVA
Granite Construction
1.3069 of 5 stars
$83.99
+1.8%
$76.00
-9.5%
+37.1%$3.67B$4.03B34.013,800Positive News
MYRG
MYR Group
2.5849 of 5 stars
$159.79
+2.7%
$149.40
-6.5%
+1.9%$2.48B$3.38B69.788,500Gap Up

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This page (NYSE:KBR) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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