Fluor (FLR) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, EME or FLR?

EMCOR Group has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fluor has a beta of 1.91, suggesting that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

92.6% of EMCOR Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.1% of Fluor shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of EMCOR Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Fluor shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EME or FLR?

Fluor received 409 more outperform votes than EMCOR Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.86% of users gave Fluor an outperform vote while only 64.03% of users gave EMCOR Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
EMCOR Group	Outperform Votes 283 64.03%	Underperform Votes 159 35.97%
Fluor	Outperform Votes 692 66.86%	Underperform Votes 343 33.14%

Which has better valuation & earnings, EME or FLR?

EMCOR Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fluor. EMCOR Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fluor, 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	$12.58B	1.85	$632.99M	$19.69	25.75
Fluor	$15.47B	0.56	$139M	$1.50	33.52

Do analysts prefer EME or FLR?

EMCOR Group presently has a consensus price target of $518.75, suggesting a potential upside of 2.29%. Fluor has a consensus price target of $60.14, suggesting a potential upside of 19.61%. Given Fluor's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Fluor is more favorable than EMCOR Group.

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
Fluor	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Is EME or FLR more profitable?

EMCOR Group has a net margin of 6.51% compared to Fluor's net margin of 1.64%. EMCOR Group's return on equity of 34.99% beat Fluor's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EMCOR Group	6.51%	34.99%	13.38%
Fluor	1.64%	20.05%	6.31%

Does the media prefer EME or FLR?

In the previous week, EMCOR Group had 8 more articles in the media than Fluor. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for EMCOR Group and 9 mentions for Fluor. EMCOR Group's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Fluor's score of 0.71 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	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Fluor	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

EMCOR Group and Fluor tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.