EMCOR Group, Inc. vs MasTec, Inc., two Engineering & Construction stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where EME and MTZ diverge most: on debt / equity, EME reads 0.00 and MTZ reads 0.69; on return on invested capital, EME reads 34.6% and MTZ reads 1.9%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What EME's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What MTZ's price implies is a demanding bet versus history and the cohort (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | EME | MTZ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $743.46 | $338.08 |
| Market cap | $33.2B | $26.6B |
| Sector | Engineering & Construction | Engineering & Construction |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +12.1% | — |
| P/E | 25.0 | 59.2 |
| P/B | 8.59 | 7.77 |
| P/S | 1.87 | 1.74 |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.3 | 49.4 |
| Revenue growth | +18.3% | +23.0% |
| Gross margin | 18.7% | — |
| Operating margin | 8.7% | 3.7% |
| Net margin | 7.5% | 2.9% |
| Return on equity | 34.6% | 13.1% |
| Return on assets | 14.1% | 4.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 34.6% | 1.9% |
| FCF yield | 3.3% | 1.0% |
| Dividend yield | 0.1% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.69 |
| Current ratio | 1.26 | 1.32 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.63 | 4.28 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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