Sterling Infrastructure (STRL) Competitors

Sterling Infrastructure (NASDAQ:STRL) and EMCOR Group (NYSE:EME) are both construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, risk, community ranking and dividends.

Is STRL or EME more profitable?

Sterling Infrastructure has a net margin of 8.77% compared to EMCOR Group's net margin of 6.51%. EMCOR Group's return on equity of 34.99% beat Sterling Infrastructure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sterling Infrastructure	8.77%	27.52%	9.76%
EMCOR Group	6.51%	34.99%	13.38%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in STRL or EME?

80.9% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of EMCOR Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of EMCOR Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, STRL or EME?

Sterling Infrastructure has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EMCOR Group has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in STRL or EME?

EMCOR Group received 12 more outperform votes than Sterling Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.03% of users gave EMCOR Group an outperform vote while only 56.22% of users gave Sterling Infrastructure an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sterling Infrastructure	Outperform Votes 271 56.22%	Underperform Votes 211 43.78%
EMCOR Group	Outperform Votes 283 64.03%	Underperform Votes 159 35.97%

Do analysts recommend STRL or EME?

Sterling Infrastructure currently has a consensus target price of $115.00, suggesting a potential downside of 34.36%. EMCOR Group has a consensus target price of $518.75, suggesting a potential upside of 11.36%. Given EMCOR Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe EMCOR Group is more favorable than Sterling Infrastructure.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sterling Infrastructure	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
EMCOR Group	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, STRL or EME?

EMCOR Group has higher revenue and earnings than Sterling Infrastructure. EMCOR Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sterling Infrastructure, 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
Sterling Infrastructure	$2.10B	2.56	$138.65M	$5.92	29.59
EMCOR Group	$14.24B	1.51	$632.99M	$19.69	23.66

Does the media prefer STRL or EME?

In the previous week, Sterling Infrastructure had 2 more articles in the media than EMCOR Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Sterling Infrastructure and 11 mentions for EMCOR Group. EMCOR Group's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Sterling Infrastructure's score of 0.91 indicating that EMCOR Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sterling Infrastructure	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
EMCOR Group	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

EMCOR Group beats Sterling Infrastructure on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.