PWR vs. EME, FIX, OTIS, MLM, VMC, LEN, URI, HWM, DHI, and PHM
Should you be buying Quanta Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quanta Services include EMCOR Group (EME), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), Otis Worldwide (OTIS), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), Vulcan Materials (VMC), Lennar (LEN), United Rentals (URI), Howmet Aerospace (HWM), D.R. Horton (DHI), and PulteGroup (PHM). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
EMCOR Group (NYSE:EME) and Quanta Services (NYSE:PWR) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
EMCOR Group presently has a consensus price target of $375.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.22%. Quanta Services has a consensus price target of $262.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.10%. Given Quanta Services' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe EMCOR Group is more favorable than Quanta Services.
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.
EMCOR Group has a net margin of 5.48% compared to EMCOR Group's net margin of 3.57%. Quanta Services' return on equity of 30.38% beat EMCOR Group's return on equity.
92.6% of EMCOR Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.5% of Quanta Services shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of EMCOR Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Quanta Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Quanta Services had 15 more articles in the media than EMCOR Group. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Quanta Services and 8 mentions for EMCOR Group. Quanta Services' average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat EMCOR Group's score of 0.88 indicating that EMCOR Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Quanta Services received 285 more outperform votes than EMCOR Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.14% of users gave Quanta Services an outperform vote while only 63.68% of users gave EMCOR Group an outperform vote.
EMCOR Group has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quanta Services has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. EMCOR Group pays out 6.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Quanta Services pays out 7.0% 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 raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Quanta Services has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. EMCOR Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
EMCOR Group beats Quanta Services on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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