Analyzing Everus Construction Group (ECG) and Its Competitors

Everus Construction Group (NYSE:ECG) is one of 40 publicly-traded companies in the “BLDG&CONST – MISC” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Everus Construction Group to similar businesses based on the strength of its dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, profitability and earnings.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Everus Construction Group	$2.85 billion	$143.42 million	24.27
Everus Construction Group Competitors	$6.80 billion	$567.85 million	24.57

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

91.0% of shares of all “BLDG&CONST – MISC” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Everus Construction Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of shares of all “BLDG&CONST – MISC” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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	5.07%	35.83%	12.27%
Everus Construction Group Competitors	-5.87%	72.57%	4.34%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings 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	2	2	1	2.80
Everus Construction Group Competitors	252	1608	2340	122	2.54

Everus Construction Group presently has a consensus price target of $80.33, indicating a potential upside of 2.16%. As a group, “BLDG&CONST – MISC” companies have a potential downside of 3.27%. Given Everus Construction Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Everus Construction Group is more favorable than its peers.

Summary

Everus Construction Group peers beat Everus Construction Group on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

Everus Construction Group Company Profile

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.