Quanta Services (PWR) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EME or PWR?

Quanta Services received 309 more outperform votes than EMCOR Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.67% of users gave Quanta Services 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%
Quanta Services	Outperform Votes 597 71.67%	Underperform Votes 236 28.33%

Is EME or PWR a better dividend stock?

EMCOR Group pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Quanta Services pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. EMCOR Group pays out 4.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Quanta Services pays out 6.6% 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. EMCOR Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is EME or PWR more profitable?

EMCOR Group has a net margin of 6.51% compared to Quanta Services' net margin of 3.82%. EMCOR Group's return on equity of 34.99% beat Quanta Services' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EMCOR Group	6.51%	34.99%	13.38%
Quanta Services	3.82%	18.00%	7.14%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, EME or PWR?

Quanta Services has higher revenue and earnings than EMCOR Group. EMCOR 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
EMCOR Group	$14.57B	1.20	$632.99M	$21.54	17.86
Quanta Services	$23.67B	1.72	$744.69M	$6.03	45.50

Which has more risk & volatility, EME or PWR?

EMCOR Group has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quanta Services has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend EME or PWR?

EMCOR Group presently has a consensus price target of $497.25, suggesting a potential upside of 29.27%. Quanta Services has a consensus price target of $319.25, suggesting a potential upside of 16.35%. Given EMCOR Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe EMCOR Group is more favorable than Quanta Services.

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
Quanta Services	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.87

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in EME or PWR?

92.6% of EMCOR Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.5% of Quanta Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of EMCOR Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Quanta Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor EME or PWR?

In the previous week, Quanta Services had 5 more articles in the media than EMCOR Group. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Quanta Services and 26 mentions for EMCOR Group. Quanta Services' average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat EMCOR Group's score of 1.33 indicating that Quanta Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
EMCOR Group	21 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Quanta Services	28 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Quanta Services beats EMCOR Group on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.