Contrasting Ameresco (NYSE:AMRC) and Everus Construction Group (NYSE:ECG)

Ameresco (NYSE:AMRC) and Everus Construction Group (NYSE:ECG) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ameresco	1.40%	2.82%	0.72%
Everus Construction Group	5.96%	38.22%	14.02%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Ameresco and Everus Construction Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ameresco	2	5	6	1	2.43
Everus Construction Group	0	4	4	1	2.67

Ameresco currently has a consensus target price of $41.89, indicating a potential upside of 108.26%. Everus Construction Group has a consensus target price of $169.50, indicating a potential upside of 51.72%. Given Ameresco’s higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Ameresco is more favorable than Everus Construction Group.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Ameresco and Everus Construction Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ameresco	$2.02 billion	0.53	$44.28 million	$0.52	38.68
Everus Construction Group	$4.27 billion	1.34	$201.77 million	$4.97	22.48

Everus Construction Group has higher revenue and earnings than Ameresco. Everus Construction Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ameresco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

99.2% of Ameresco shares are owned by institutional investors. 45.1% of Ameresco shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Everus Construction Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

Ameresco has a beta of 2.62, indicating that its share price is 162% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Everus Construction Group has a beta of 2.27, indicating that its share price is 127% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Everus Construction Group beats Ameresco on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Ameresco

Ameresco, Inc., a clean technology integrator, provides a portfolio of energy efficiency and renewable energy supply solutions in the United States, Canada, Europe, and internationally. It operates through U.S. Regions, U.S. Federal, Canada, Europe, Alternative Fuels, and All Other segments. The company offers energy efficiency, infrastructure upgrades, energy security and resilience, asset sustainability, and renewable energy solutions for businesses and organizations. It designs, develops, engineers, and installs projects that reduce the energy, as well as operations and maintenance (O&M) costs of its customers' facilities; and projects primarily include various measures customized for the facility and designed to enhance the efficiency of building systems, such as heating, ventilation, cooling, and lighting systems. In addition, the company offers renewable energy solutions and services, such as the construction of small-scale plants that the company owns or develops for customers that produce electricity, gas, heat, or cooling from renewable sources of energy and O&M services; and electricity, processed renewable gas fuel, and heat or cooling produced from renewable sources of energy. Further, the company sells photovoltaic (PV) solar energy products and systems, as well as provides consulting, and enterprise energy management services; and operates wind farms. It serves the federal, state, local governments, healthcare and educational institutions, airports, public housing authorities and public universities, municipal utilities, and commercial and industrial customers. As of December 31, 2023, the company owned and operated 185 small-scale renewable energy plants and solar PV installations. Ameresco, Inc. was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts.

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.