PWR vs. EME, FIX, ACM, MTZ, FLR, DY, STRL, KBR, PRIM, and GVA
Should you be buying Quanta Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quanta Services include EMCOR Group (EME), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), AECOM (ACM), MasTec (MTZ), Fluor (FLR), Dycom Industries (DY), Sterling Infrastructure (STRL), KBR (KBR), Primoris Services (PRIM), and Granite Construction (GVA). These companies are all part of the "construction & engineering" industry.
Quanta Services vs. Its 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, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.
Quanta Services presently has a consensus target price of $350.95, indicating a potential downside of 7.66%. EMCOR Group has a consensus target price of $516.33, indicating a potential downside of 5.84%. Given EMCOR Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe EMCOR Group is more favorable than Quanta Services.
In the previous week, Quanta Services had 10 more articles in the media than EMCOR Group. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Quanta Services and 25 mentions for EMCOR Group. EMCOR Group's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Quanta Services' score of 0.81 indicating that EMCOR Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
90.5% of Quanta Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of EMCOR Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Quanta Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.
EMCOR Group has a net margin of 7.00% compared to Quanta Services' net margin of 3.74%. EMCOR Group's return on equity of 37.12% beat Quanta Services' return on equity.
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.
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 6.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EMCOR Group pays out 4.4% 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.
Quanta Services has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EMCOR Group has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
EMCOR Group beats Quanta Services on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PWR) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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