FIX vs. EME, PWR, FND, BLD, ACM, WMS, TOL, CX, RPM, and TREX
Should you be buying Comfort Systems USA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Comfort Systems USA include EMCOR Group (EME), Quanta Services (PWR), Floor & Decor (FND), TopBuild (BLD), AECOM (ACM), Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS), Toll Brothers (TOL), CEMEX (CX), RPM International (RPM), and Trex (TREX). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
EMCOR Group (NYSE:EME) and Comfort Systems USA (NYSE:FIX) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
EMCOR Group presently has a consensus price target of $375.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.89%. Comfort Systems USA has a consensus price target of $302.00, indicating a potential downside of 4.50%. Given Comfort Systems USA's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe EMCOR Group is more favorable than Comfort Systems USA.
Comfort Systems USA has a net margin of 6.51% compared to Comfort Systems USA's net margin of 5.48%. Comfort Systems USA's return on equity of 30.38% beat EMCOR Group's return on equity.
EMCOR Group pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Comfort Systems USA pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. EMCOR Group pays out 6.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Comfort Systems USA pays out 11.9% 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. EMCOR Group has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Comfort Systems USA has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Comfort Systems USA is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
EMCOR Group has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Comfort Systems USA has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
EMCOR Group has higher revenue and earnings than Comfort Systems USA. EMCOR Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Comfort Systems USA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Comfort Systems USA had 9 more articles in the media than EMCOR Group. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Comfort Systems USA and 7 mentions for EMCOR Group. Comfort Systems USA's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat EMCOR Group's score of 1.19 indicating that EMCOR Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
EMCOR Group received 31 more outperform votes than Comfort Systems USA when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.25% of users gave Comfort Systems USA an outperform vote while only 63.68% of users gave EMCOR Group an outperform vote.
92.6% of EMCOR Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.5% of Comfort Systems USA shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of EMCOR Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Comfort Systems USA shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
EMCOR Group and Comfort Systems USA tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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