Critical Survey: Everus Construction Group (ECG) and Its Competitors

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Everus Construction Group and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Everus Construction Group	0	4	4	1	2.67
Everus Construction Group Competitors	849	3464	7352	362	2.60

Everus Construction Group currently has a consensus target price of $164.50, indicating a potential upside of 115.62%. As a group, “Construction & Engineering” companies have a potential upside of 49.06%. Given Everus Construction Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Everus Construction Group is more favorable than its competitors.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

48.9% of shares of all “Construction & Engineering” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Everus Construction Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.9% of shares of all “Construction & Engineering” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

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

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Everus Construction Group and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Everus Construction Group	$3.75 billion	$201.77 million	13.50
Everus Construction Group Competitors	$9.57 billion	$456.60 million	-5,802.22

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Everus Construction Group	5.96%	38.22%	14.02%
Everus Construction Group Competitors	-4.03%	2.63%	3.80%

Summary

Everus Construction Group beats its competitors 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.