Quanta Services (PWR) Competitors

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

Is PWR or EME more profitable?

EMCOR Group has a net margin of 7.07% compared to Quanta Services' net margin of 3.73%. EMCOR Group's return on equity of 38.01% beat Quanta Services' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Quanta Services	3.73%	18.41%	7.15%
EMCOR Group	7.07%	38.01%	14.11%

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

90.5% of Quanta Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of EMCOR Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Quanta Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of EMCOR Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is PWR or EME a better dividend stock?

Quanta Services pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. EMCOR Group pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Quanta Services pays out 6.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EMCOR Group pays out 4.1% 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. Quanta Services has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years and EMCOR Group has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. EMCOR Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility and risk, PWR or EME?

Quanta Services has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EMCOR Group has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to PWR or EME?

In the previous week, Quanta Services had 25 more articles in the media than EMCOR Group. MarketBeat recorded 61 mentions for Quanta Services and 36 mentions for EMCOR Group. EMCOR Group's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Quanta Services' score of 1.02 indicating that EMCOR Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Quanta Services	37 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
EMCOR Group	22 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate PWR or EME?

Quanta Services currently has a consensus price target of $390.18, suggesting a potential upside of 0.83%. EMCOR Group has a consensus price target of $594.50, suggesting a potential downside of 3.70%. Given Quanta Services' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Quanta Services is more favorable than EMCOR Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Quanta Services	0 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.52
EMCOR Group	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, PWR or EME?

EMCOR Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Quanta Services. EMCOR 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	$26.05B	2.21	$904.82M	$6.46	59.90
EMCOR Group	$15.64B	1.77	$1.01B	$24.10	25.62

Summary

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