Both in Construction

Jacobs Solutions vs EMCOR Group

Over the past year J returned +3.6% and EME returned −2.3%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.07.

J +3.6% EME −2.3%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricJEME
Price$160.11$639.25
Market cap$18.74B$27.99B
Today+0.16%−9.64%
1 month+15.0%−22.5%
6 months+26.4%−32.3%
Year to date+20.9%+4.5%
1 year+3.8%−5.1%
Revenue growth (YoY)+34.5%+28.8%
Gross margin19.9%20.0%
Net margin3.3%7.2%
P/E (TTM)55.0×18.1×
Price / sales1.3×1.4×
Net cash-$2.41B$774.8M
Dividend yield0.90%0.25%
Volatility (60d)23.0%41.9%
Short % of float3.6%1.7%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).