Everus Construction Group, Inc. vs M/I HOMES, INC., two Homebuilders stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Everus Construction is an electrical and mechanical contractor, not a homebuilder, and it earns very different economics from M/I Homes: a 32.52% return on equity against M/I's 11.26%, but on a thinner margin, 5.65% against 8.24%, its contractor model turning capital fast rather than earning fat margins. Everus trades far richer, 35.6 times earnings against M/I's 12.25, and at 11.58 times book against 1.36, priced as a growth contractor while M/I trades as a cyclical builder near book. The pair really contrasts a specialty contractor with a homebuilder: Everus earns high returns on little capital installing electrical and mechanical systems, M/I builds and sells homes at a book-value multiple, and their valuations reflect two unrelated business models.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | ECG | MHO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $136.49 | $147.40 |
| Market cap | $7.0B | $3.9B |
| Sector | Homebuilders | Homebuilders |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | -4.1% |
| P/E | 31.2 | 11.1 |
| P/B | 10.17 | 1.23 |
| P/S | 1.77 | 0.90 |
| EV/EBITDA | 24.3 | 8.6 |
| Revenue growth | +29.8% | -1.7% |
| Gross margin | 12.6% | — |
| Operating margin | 7.5% | 9.3% |
| Net margin | 5.7% | 8.2% |
| Return on equity | 32.5% | 11.3% |
| Return on assets | 12.1% | 7.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 23.5% | 11.2% |
| FCF yield | 3.3% | 5.1% |
| Debt / equity | 0.43 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.77 | — |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.70 | 3.42 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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