Fluor (FLR) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EME or FLR?

Fluor received 410 more outperform votes than EMCOR Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.92% of users gave Fluor an outperform vote while only 64.27% of users gave EMCOR Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
EMCOR Group	Outperform Votes 286 64.27%	Underperform Votes 159 35.73%
Fluor	Outperform Votes 696 66.92%	Underperform Votes 344 33.08%

Do analysts prefer EME or FLR?

EMCOR Group presently has a consensus price target of $518.75, indicating a potential upside of 28.48%. Fluor has a consensus price target of $55.43, indicating a potential upside of 46.90%. Given Fluor's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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

Which has more risk & volatility, EME or FLR?

EMCOR Group has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fluor has a beta of 1.89, indicating that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in EME or FLR?

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

Is EME or FLR more profitable?

Fluor has a net margin of 13.14% compared to EMCOR Group's net margin of 6.51%. 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	13.14%	15.14%	5.40%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, EME or FLR?

EMCOR Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fluor. Fluor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EMCOR Group, 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	1.48	$632.99M	$19.69	20.51
Fluor	$16.32B	0.39	$139M	$12.19	3.10

Does the media favor EME or FLR?

In the previous week, Fluor had 44 more articles in the media than EMCOR Group. MarketBeat recorded 63 mentions for Fluor and 19 mentions for EMCOR Group. EMCOR Group's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Fluor's score of 0.15 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	17 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Fluor	9 Very Positive mention(s)	10 Positive mention(s)	23 Neutral mention(s)	10 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Fluor beats EMCOR Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.