EME vs. STRL, BCC, BLD, DY, FIX, GVA, MLM, MTZ, URI, and MPTI
Should you be buying EMCOR Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EMCOR Group include Sterling Infrastructure (STRL), Boise Cascade (BCC), TopBuild (BLD), Dycom Industries (DY), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), Granite Construction (GVA), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), MasTec (MTZ), United Rentals (URI), and M-tron Industries (MPTI). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
EMCOR Group vs. Its Competitors
Sterling Infrastructure (NASDAQ:STRL) and EMCOR Group (NYSE:EME) are both construction companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.
81.0% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of EMCOR Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Sterling Infrastructure 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Sterling Infrastructure has a net margin of 12.62% compared to EMCOR Group's net margin of 7.00%. EMCOR Group's return on equity of 37.12% beat Sterling Infrastructure's return on equity.
Sterling Infrastructure currently has a consensus target price of $265.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.01%. EMCOR Group has a consensus target price of $532.00, indicating a potential downside of 5.60%. Given Sterling Infrastructure's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sterling Infrastructure is more favorable than EMCOR Group.
Sterling Infrastructure has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EMCOR Group has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Sterling Infrastructure had 2 more articles in the media than EMCOR Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Sterling Infrastructure and 12 mentions for EMCOR Group. EMCOR Group's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Sterling Infrastructure's score of 1.02 indicating that EMCOR Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
EMCOR Group beats Sterling Infrastructure on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EME) was last updated on 7/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
