EMCOR Group, Inc. vs FLUOR CORPORATION, two Engineering & Construction stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where EME and FLR diverge most: on revenue growth, EME reads +18.9% and FLR reads -4.7%; on net margin, EME reads 7.7% and FLR reads -12.8%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's EME price has a different growth bar priced in than FLR (+14.4% implied for EME vs +5.2% for FLR); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What EME's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | EME | FLR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $779.76 | $54.24 |
| Market cap | $34.7B | $7.6B |
| Sector | Engineering & Construction | Engineering & Construction |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +14.4% | +5.2% |
| P/E | 24.3 | — |
| P/B | 8.51 | 2.75 |
| P/S | 1.87 | 0.49 |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.9 | 14.7 |
| Revenue growth | +18.9% | -4.7% |
| Gross margin | 19.8% | 4.1% |
| Operating margin | 10.6% | 3.1% |
| Net margin | 7.7% | -12.8% |
| Return on equity | 35.3% | -71.7% |
| Return on assets | 14.2% | -26.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 34.6% | 7.8% |
| FCF yield | 3.4% | -4.3% |
| Dividend yield | 0.1% | 30.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.38 |
| Current ratio | 1.28 | 1.80 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.53 | 9.08 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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