EMCOR Group, Inc. vs Quanta Services, Inc., two Engineering & Construction stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where EME and PWR diverge most: on debt / equity, EME reads 0.00 and PWR reads 0.08; on p/e, EME reads 26.3 and PWR reads 90.3. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What EME's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What PWR'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 | PWR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $781.42 | $658.46 |
| Market cap | $34.9B | $100.1B |
| Sector | Engineering & Construction | Engineering & Construction |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +23.3% | — |
| P/E | 26.3 | 90.3 |
| P/B | 9.03 | 10.95 |
| P/S | 1.97 | 3.32 |
| EV/EBITDA | 18.2 | 55.1 |
| Revenue growth | +18.3% | +21.1% |
| Gross margin | 18.7% | 14.1% |
| Operating margin | 8.7% | 4.3% |
| Net margin | 7.5% | 3.7% |
| Return on equity | 34.6% | 12.1% |
| Return on assets | 14.1% | 4.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 34.6% | 15.7% |
| FCF yield | 3.1% | 1.7% |
| Dividend yield | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.08 |
| Current ratio | 1.26 | 1.14 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.81 | 5.27 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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