KBR (KBR) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, EME or KBR?

EMCOR Group has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KBR has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate EME or KBR?

EMCOR Group presently has a consensus price target of $497.25, indicating a potential upside of 29.90%. KBR has a consensus price target of $71.13, indicating a potential upside of 41.37%. Given KBR's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe KBR 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
KBR	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88

Which has higher valuation and earnings, EME or KBR?

EMCOR Group has higher revenue and earnings than KBR. EMCOR Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than KBR, 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	1.20	$632.99M	$21.54	17.77
KBR	$7.74B	0.84	-$265M	$2.80	17.97

Does the media prefer EME or KBR?

In the previous week, KBR had 3 more articles in the media than EMCOR Group. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for KBR and 24 mentions for EMCOR Group. EMCOR Group's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat KBR's score of 0.81 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	19 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
KBR	14 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EME or KBR?

KBR received 276 more outperform votes than EMCOR Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.98% of users gave KBR 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%
KBR	Outperform Votes 564 66.98%	Underperform Votes 278 33.02%

Is EME or KBR a better dividend stock?

EMCOR Group pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. KBR pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. EMCOR Group pays out 4.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. KBR pays out 23.6% 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.

Is EME or KBR more profitable?

EMCOR Group has a net margin of 6.51% compared to KBR's net margin of 4.35%. EMCOR Group's return on equity of 34.99% beat KBR's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EMCOR Group	6.51%	34.99%	13.38%
KBR	4.35%	28.87%	6.98%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of EME or KBR?

92.6% of EMCOR Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of KBR shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of EMCOR Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of KBR shares are owned 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.

Summary

EMCOR Group beats KBR on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.