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

Should you be buying KBR stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KBR include EMCOR Group (EME), AECOM (ACM), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), MasTec (MTZ), Fluor (FLR), Dycom Industries (DY), Sterling Infrastructure (STRL), Granite Construction (GVA), Primoris Services (PRIM), and Argan (AGX). 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 investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

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%

In the previous week, EMCOR Group had 5 more articles in the media than KBR. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for EMCOR Group and 31 mentions for KBR. EMCOR Group's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat KBR's score of 0.98 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
25 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
KBR
19 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

EMCOR Group presently has a consensus target price of $497.25, indicating a potential upside of 24.44%. KBR has a consensus target price of $70.25, indicating a potential upside of 32.85%. 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)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88

EMCOR Group has higher revenue and earnings than KBR. EMCOR Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than KBR, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
EMCOR Group$14.57B1.24$632.99M$21.5418.55
KBR$7.74B0.89-$265M$2.8018.89

EMCOR Group pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. KBR pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. EMCOR Group pays out 4.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. KBR pays out 23.6% 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.

KBR received 277 more outperform votes than EMCOR Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.02% of users gave KBR an outperform vote while only 64.43% of users gave EMCOR Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
EMCOR GroupOutperform Votes
288
64.43%
Underperform Votes
159
35.57%
KBROutperform Votes
565
67.02%
Underperform Votes
278
32.98%

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of KBR shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

EMCOR Group has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KBR has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

EMCOR Group beats KBR on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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KBR vs. The Competition

MetricKBRHeavy construction, except building construction IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.86B$17.10B$8.24B$18.97B
Dividend Yield1.23%1.48%2.12%4.02%
P/E Ratio22.2217.0015.3932.71
Price / Sales0.891.1472.9527.84
Price / Cash13.6513.3821.4017.53
Price / Book5.122.674.094.47
Net Income-$265M$821.36M$535.55M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-1.20%1.26%0.02%0.50%
1 Month Performance5.88%7.01%61.80%-2.83%
1 Year Performance-19.34%1.10%75.83%4.36%

KBR Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KBR
KBR
4.3943 of 5 stars
$52.55
-0.5%
$70.25
+33.7%
-18.6%$6.82B$7.74B22.0830,000Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
EME
EMCOR Group
3.262 of 5 stars
$362.55
-4.3%
$497.25
+37.2%
+11.9%$16.49B$14.57B18.4135,500Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
ACM
AECOM
4.2611 of 5 stars
$92.34
-2.1%
$117.88
+27.7%
+6.8%$12.25B$16.22B26.2350,000Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
FIX
Comfort Systems USA
4.3291 of 5 stars
$329.27
-5.4%
$530.75
+61.2%
+28.4%$11.63B$7.03B22.5414,100Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
MTZ
MasTec
4.0472 of 5 stars
$111.10
-4.5%
$152.00
+36.8%
+43.5%$8.78B$12.30B99.2030,000Earnings Report
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
FLR
Fluor
4.8206 of 5 stars
$32.98
-2.9%
$49.43
+49.9%
-13.5%$5.54B$16.32B2.7139,600Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
DY
Dycom Industries
4.4738 of 5 stars
$151.72
-1.8%
$200.22
+32.0%
+19.6%$4.37B$4.70B19.9615,400News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
STRL
Sterling Infrastructure
2.0369 of 5 stars
$131.57
-6.2%
$185.00
+40.6%
+47.1%$4.00B$2.12B22.223,200Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
GVA
Granite Construction
0.9353 of 5 stars
$75.47
-2.3%
$70.00
-7.2%
+46.7%$3.28B$4.01B30.553,800Earnings Report
Insider Trade
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
PRIM
Primoris Services
4.6387 of 5 stars
$53.64
-5.0%
$84.75
+58.0%
+28.9%$2.89B$6.37B17.7612,800Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
AGX
Argan
1.2629 of 5 stars
$129.83
-11.1%
$150.00
+15.5%
+154.6%$1.77B$874.18M27.161,360Short Interest ↑
Positive News
Gap Up

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