EME vs. FIX, PWR, WSO.B, LII, JHX, WSO, MAS, OC, RPM, and WMS
Should you be buying EMCOR Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EMCOR Group include Comfort Systems USA (FIX), Quanta Services (PWR), Watsco (WSO.B), Lennox International (LII), James Hardie Industries (JHX), Watsco (WSO), Masco (MAS), Owens Corning (OC), RPM International (RPM), and Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
EMCOR Group (NYSE:EME) and Comfort Systems USA (NYSE:FIX) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and community ranking.
EMCOR Group pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Comfort Systems USA pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. EMCOR Group pays out 6.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Comfort Systems USA pays out 11.9% 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 has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Comfort Systems USA has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
92.6% of EMCOR Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.5% of Comfort Systems USA shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of EMCOR Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Comfort Systems USA shares are held 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.
In the previous week, Comfort Systems USA had 11 more articles in the media than EMCOR Group. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Comfort Systems USA and 6 mentions for EMCOR Group. EMCOR Group's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Comfort Systems USA's score of 1.13 indicating that EMCOR Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
EMCOR Group received 31 more outperform votes than Comfort Systems USA when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.25% of users gave Comfort Systems USA an outperform vote while only 63.68% of users gave EMCOR Group an outperform vote.
EMCOR Group has higher revenue and earnings than Comfort Systems USA. EMCOR Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Comfort Systems USA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
EMCOR Group presently has a consensus price target of $375.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.95%. Comfort Systems USA has a consensus price target of $302.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.50%. Given EMCOR Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe EMCOR Group is more favorable than Comfort Systems USA.
Comfort Systems USA has a net margin of 6.51% compared to EMCOR Group's net margin of 5.48%. EMCOR Group's return on equity of 30.38% beat Comfort Systems USA's return on equity.
Summary
EMCOR Group beats Comfort Systems USA on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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