FLR vs. EME, FIX, ACM, MTZ, KBR, DY, STRL, PRIM, GVA, and MYRG
Should you be buying Fluor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fluor include EMCOR Group (EME), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), AECOM (ACM), MasTec (MTZ), KBR (KBR), Dycom Industries (DY), Sterling Infrastructure (STRL), Primoris Services (PRIM), Granite Construction (GVA), and MYR Group (MYRG). These companies are all part of the "construction & engineering" industry.
Fluor (NYSE:FLR) and EMCOR Group (NYSE:EME) are both construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
In the previous week, EMCOR Group had 4 more articles in the media than Fluor. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for EMCOR Group and 3 mentions for Fluor. EMCOR Group's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Fluor's score of 0.73 indicating that EMCOR Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
88.1% of Fluor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of EMCOR Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Fluor 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.
EMCOR Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Fluor. Fluor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EMCOR Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Fluor has a beta of 2.11, indicating that its stock price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EMCOR Group has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Fluor received 401 more outperform votes than EMCOR Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave Fluor an outperform vote while only 63.68% of users gave EMCOR Group an outperform vote.
Fluor presently has a consensus target price of $44.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.38%. EMCOR Group has a consensus target price of $375.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.51%. Given Fluor's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Fluor is more favorable than EMCOR Group.
EMCOR Group has a net margin of 5.48% compared to Fluor's net margin of 1.97%. EMCOR Group's return on equity of 30.38% beat Fluor's return on equity.
Summary
EMCOR Group beats Fluor on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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