Everus Construction Group (ECG) versus Its Competitors Head-To-Head Survey

Everus Construction Group (NYSE:ECG) is one of 188 publicly-traded companies in the “Construction & Engineering” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Everus Construction Group to similar businesses based on the strength of its profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

48.9% of shares of all “Construction & Engineering” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Everus Construction Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.9% of shares of all “Construction & Engineering” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Everus Construction Group and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Everus Construction Group	$4.66 billion	$201.77 million	14.75
Everus Construction Group Competitors	$9.55 billion	$456.60 million	-5,815.09

Everus Construction Group’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Everus Construction Group. Everus Construction Group is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Everus Construction Group and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Everus Construction Group	6.20%	39.18%	13.88%
Everus Construction Group Competitors	-3.91%	2.79%	3.83%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Everus Construction Group and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Everus Construction Group	0	4	4	1	2.67
Everus Construction Group Competitors	850	3467	7356	362	2.60

Everus Construction Group currently has a consensus price target of $164.50, suggesting a potential upside of 97.46%. As a group, “Construction & Engineering” companies have a potential upside of 43.89%. Given Everus Construction Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Everus Construction Group is more favorable than its peers.

Risk & Volatility

Everus Construction Group has a beta of 2.36, meaning that its stock price is 136% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Everus Construction Group’s peers have a beta of 1.60, meaning that their average stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Everus Construction Group beats its peers on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About Everus Construction Group

Everus Construction Group is providing a full spectrum of construction services through its electrical and mechanical and transmission and distribution specialty contracting services principally in United States. Its specialty contracting services are provided to utility, transportation, commercial, industrial, institutional, renewable and other customers. Everus Construction Group is based in BISMARCK, N.D.