KBR vs. EME, FIX, ACM, MTZ, FLR, DY, STRL, PRIM, GVA, and MYRG
Should you be buying KBR stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KBR include EMCOR Group (EME), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), AECOM (ACM), MasTec (MTZ), Fluor (FLR), 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.
KBR (NYSE:KBR) and EMCOR Group (NYSE:EME) are both construction companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.
KBR has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EMCOR Group has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
KBR received 266 more outperform votes than EMCOR Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.30% of users gave KBR an outperform vote while only 63.68% of users gave EMCOR Group an outperform vote.
EMCOR Group has higher revenue and earnings than KBR. KBR is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EMCOR Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
KBR presently has a consensus target price of $76.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.75%. EMCOR Group has a consensus target price of $375.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.51%. Given KBR's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe KBR is more favorable than EMCOR Group.
EMCOR Group has a net margin of 5.48% compared to KBR's net margin of -3.65%. EMCOR Group's return on equity of 30.38% beat KBR's return on equity.
In the previous week, EMCOR Group had 3 more articles in the media than KBR. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for EMCOR Group and 4 mentions for KBR. EMCOR Group's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat KBR's score of 0.29 indicating that EMCOR Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
97.0% of KBR shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of EMCOR Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of KBR shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of EMCOR Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
KBR pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. EMCOR Group pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. KBR pays out -31.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EMCOR Group pays out 6.6% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
EMCOR Group beats KBR on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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