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MetricEMEEMCOR Group, Inc.PWRQUANTA SERVICES, INC.FIXCOMFORT SYSTEMS USA INCAPGAPi Group CorpMedian of the restexcluding EME
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$660.41▼ 38.76 (5.54%)
$552.44▼ 48.70 (8.10%)
$1279.37▼ 121.90 (8.70%)
$38.80▼ 1.41 (3.51%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.7.3/109.0/1010.0/108.0/109.0/10
Market value$29.40B$82.63B$45.00B$10.77B
Revenue$16.99B$28.48B$9.10B$7.91B
Profit$1.27B$1.03B$1.02B$302.0M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.16.6%20.3%29.5%12.7%20.3%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.19.3%15.0%24.1%31.4%24.1%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.10.1%5.7%14.4%7.0%7.0%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.7.5%3.6%11.2%3.8%3.8%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.7.0%5.7%11.3%8.4%8.4%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.34.6%11.5%41.8%8.9%11.5%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.49.4%8.2%64.5%7.7%8.2%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.23.10x80.35x44.01x35.66x44.01x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.—43.59x32.08x19.74x32.08x
Price to book8.00x9.24x18.38x3.16x9.24x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.1.53x1.78x1.63x1.62x1.63x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.6/87/97/98/97.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safegreysafegrey

How EME compares with the others

  • EME's operating margin of 10.1% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (7.0%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: 16.6% against 20.3%.
  • It trades at a lower P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 23.1x against 44.0x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.