EMCOR Group (EME) Competitors

EMCOR Group (NYSE:EME) and Quanta Services (NYSE:PWR) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Which has more risk & volatility, EME or PWR?

EMCOR Group has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quanta Services has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of EME or PWR?

92.6% of EMCOR Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.5% of Quanta Services shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of EMCOR Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Quanta Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EME or PWR?

Quanta Services received 304 more outperform votes than EMCOR Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.50% of users gave Quanta Services an outperform vote while only 64.43% of users gave EMCOR Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
EMCOR Group	Outperform Votes 288 64.43%	Underperform Votes 159 35.57%
Quanta Services	Outperform Votes 592 71.50%	Underperform Votes 236 28.50%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, EME or PWR?

Quanta Services has higher revenue and earnings than EMCOR Group. 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
EMCOR Group	$14.57B	1.18	$632.99M	$21.54	17.61
Quanta Services	$23.67B	1.59	$744.69M	$6.03	42.20

Does the media favor EME or PWR?

In the previous week, Quanta Services had 6 more articles in the media than EMCOR Group. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Quanta Services and 24 mentions for EMCOR Group. EMCOR Group's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Quanta Services' score of 1.32 indicating that EMCOR Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
EMCOR Group	24 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Quanta Services	22 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is EME or PWR a better dividend stock?

EMCOR Group pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Quanta Services pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. EMCOR Group pays out 4.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Quanta Services 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. EMCOR Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer EME or PWR?

EMCOR Group presently has a consensus target price of $497.25, indicating a potential upside of 31.12%. Quanta Services has a consensus target price of $326.79, indicating a potential upside of 28.42%. Given EMCOR Group's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe EMCOR Group is more favorable than Quanta Services.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
EMCOR Group	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Quanta Services	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73

Is EME or PWR more profitable?

EMCOR Group has a net margin of 6.51% compared to Quanta Services' net margin of 3.82%. EMCOR Group's return on equity of 34.99% beat Quanta Services' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EMCOR Group	6.51%	34.99%	13.38%
Quanta Services	3.82%	18.00%	7.14%

Summary

EMCOR Group beats Quanta Services on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.