Notice: This company has been marked as potentially delisted and may not be actively trading. Jacobs Engineering Group (JEC) Competitors Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisCompetitorsSustainabilityTrends JEC vs. PWR, EME, FIX, ACM, MTZ, FLR, KBR, DY, STRL, and PRIMShould you be buying Jacobs Engineering Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Jacobs Engineering Group include Quanta Services (PWR), EMCOR Group (EME), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), AECOM (ACM), MasTec (MTZ), Fluor (FLR), KBR (KBR), Dycom Industries (DY), Sterling Infrastructure (STRL), and Primoris Services (PRIM). These companies are all part of the "construction & engineering" industry. Jacobs Engineering Group vs. Quanta Services EMCOR Group Comfort Systems USA AECOM MasTec Fluor KBR Dycom Industries Sterling Infrastructure Primoris Services Quanta Services (NYSE:PWR) and Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE:JEC) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability. Does the media favor PWR or JEC? In the previous week, Quanta Services had 59 more articles in the media than Jacobs Engineering Group. MarketBeat recorded 59 mentions for Quanta Services and 0 mentions for Jacobs Engineering Group. Quanta Services' average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Jacobs Engineering Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Quanta Services is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment Quanta Services Positive Jacobs Engineering Group Neutral Do analysts prefer PWR or JEC? Quanta Services currently has a consensus target price of $331.53, suggesting a potential upside of 22.90%. Given Quanta Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Quanta Services is more favorable than Jacobs Engineering Group.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Quanta Services 0 Sell rating(s) 4 Hold rating(s) 16 Buy rating(s) 2 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.91Jacobs Engineering Group 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Does the MarketBeat Community favor PWR or JEC? Quanta Services received 77 more outperform votes than Jacobs Engineering Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.78% of users gave Quanta Services an outperform vote while only 66.88% of users gave Jacobs Engineering Group an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformQuanta ServicesOutperform Votes59071.78% Underperform Votes23228.22% Jacobs Engineering GroupOutperform Votes51366.88% Underperform Votes25433.12% Which has stronger valuation & earnings, PWR or JEC? Jacobs Engineering Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Quanta Services. Jacobs Engineering 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioQuanta Services$23.67B1.68$744.69M$6.0344.73Jacobs Engineering Group$12.74B1.35$847.98M$5.0525.56 Which has more volatility and risk, PWR or JEC? Quanta Services has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jacobs Engineering Group has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PWR or JEC? 90.5% of Quanta Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.6% of Jacobs Engineering Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Quanta Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Jacobs Engineering Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Is PWR or JEC a better dividend stock? Quanta Services pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Jacobs Engineering Group pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Quanta Services pays out 6.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Jacobs Engineering Group pays out 13.5% 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. Is PWR or JEC more profitable? Jacobs Engineering Group has a net margin of 6.66% compared to Quanta Services' net margin of 3.82%. Quanta Services' return on equity of 18.00% beat Jacobs Engineering Group's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Quanta Services3.82% 18.00% 7.14% Jacobs Engineering Group 6.66%11.42%5.42% SummaryQuanta Services beats Jacobs Engineering Group on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Jacobs Engineering Group News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for JEC and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart JEC vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricJacobs Engineering GroupHeavy Construction, Except Building Construction IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$17.20B$18.23B$8.66B$20.30BDividend Yield0.79%1.45%1.95%3.64%P/E Ratio25.5615.8315.5534.87Price / Sales1.350.9167.1315.49Price / Cash13.1913.3821.4820.26Price / Book3.032.534.424.80Net Income$847.98M$821.36M$536.25M$1.02B Jacobs Engineering Group Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)JECJacobs Engineering GroupN/A$129.06-0.6%N/A-10.5%$17.20B$12.74B25.5648,000PWRQuanta Services4.6728 of 5 stars$285.13-2.0%$330.50+15.9%+27.7%$42.09B$20.88B52.6152,500Earnings ReportAnalyst UpgradeAnalyst RevisionNews CoveragePositive NewsGap UpEMEEMCOR Group3.8313 of 5 stars$425.80-0.4%$518.75+21.8%+60.1%$19.59B$12.58B21.6338,300Upcoming EarningsPositive NewsFIXComfort Systems USA4.7684 of 5 stars$391.40-0.9%$506.75+29.5%+49.7%$13.93B$5.21B29.9515,800Earnings ReportDividend IncreaseNews CoveragePositive NewsGap UpACMAECOM3.9182 of 5 stars$100.34-1.8%$120.38+20.0%+10.6%$13.31B$16.22B28.5151,000MTZMasTec4.6723 of 5 stars$135.48-1.1%$158.57+17.0%+80.3%$10.74B$12.00B120.9634,000Positive NewsFLRFluor4.9093 of 5 stars$43.38-3.4%$59.29+36.7%+5.5%$7.44B$15.47B28.9230,187Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastOptions VolumeAnalyst RevisionNews CoverageHigh Trading VolumeKBRKBR4.7919 of 5 stars$51.98-0.9%$78.00+50.1%-16.6%$6.93B$6.96B21.8434,000Dividend IncreasePositive NewsDYDycom Industries3.7546 of 5 stars$177.89-4.1%$208.88+17.4%+47.6%$5.19B$4.18B23.4115,611Upcoming EarningsGap UpSTRLSterling Infrastructure2.1442 of 5 stars$132.40+1.8%$115.00-13.1%+40.2%$4.07B$2.10B22.363,000Analyst UpgradePositive NewsGap UpPRIMPrimoris Services4.2427 of 5 stars$73.39-1.5%$91.50+24.7%+69.4%$3.94B$5.72B24.3014,058 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies PWR Alternatives EME Alternatives FIX Alternatives ACM Alternatives MTZ Alternatives FLR Alternatives KBR Alternatives DY Alternatives STRL Alternatives PRIM Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:JEC) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersEx-CIA Advisor: Trump 2.0 Could “Send Gold to $10,000”Experts forecast gold's price racing to $4,000… and an ex-CIA advisor predicts we'll see gold hit $10,000. ...Colonial Metals | SponsoredAlert: DOGE goes live"It's Elon's world, and the rest of us live in it." 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