MTZ vs. EME, FIX, ACM, FLR, KBR, STRL, DY, PRIM, GVA, and AGX
Should you be buying MasTec stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MasTec include EMCOR Group (EME), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), AECOM (ACM), Fluor (FLR), KBR (KBR), Sterling Infrastructure (STRL), Dycom Industries (DY), Primoris Services (PRIM), Granite Construction (GVA), and Argan (AGX). These companies are all part of the "construction & engineering" industry.
MasTec vs.
MasTec (NYSE:MTZ) and EMCOR Group (NYSE:EME) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk and valuation.
MasTec received 448 more outperform votes than EMCOR Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.67% of users gave MasTec an outperform vote while only 64.03% of users gave EMCOR Group an outperform vote.
78.1% of MasTec shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of EMCOR Group shares are held by institutional investors. 21.3% of MasTec shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of EMCOR Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
MasTec has a beta of 1.74, indicating that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EMCOR Group has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
EMCOR Group has a net margin of 6.51% compared to MasTec's net margin of 0.73%. EMCOR Group's return on equity of 34.99% beat MasTec's return on equity.
In the previous week, MasTec and MasTec both had 13 articles in the media. MasTec's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat EMCOR Group's score of 0.91 indicating that MasTec is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MasTec presently has a consensus price target of $155.07, suggesting a potential downside of 3.59%. EMCOR Group has a consensus price target of $518.75, suggesting a potential downside of 1.54%. Given EMCOR Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe EMCOR Group is more favorable than MasTec.
EMCOR Group has higher revenue and earnings than MasTec. EMCOR Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MasTec, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
EMCOR Group beats MasTec on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MTZ) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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