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How to buy EMCOR Group stock
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EMCOR Group, Inc is an engineering & construction business based in the US. EMCOR Group shares (EME) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. EMCOR Group employs 33,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$8.8 billion.
How to buy shares in EMCOR Group
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- Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
- Search for EMCOR Group. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: EME. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
- Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until EMCOR Group reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
- Decide on how many to buy. Weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of EMCOR Group, depending on your broker.
- Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of EMCOR Group. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.
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EMCOR Group share price
Use our graph to track the performance of EME stocks over time.EMCOR Group shares at a glance
Information last updated 2021-04-08.
| 52-week range | USD$52.7502 - USD$115.88 |
|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | USD$106.3557 |
| 200-day moving average | USD$89.3882 |
| Wall St. target price | USD$113.25 |
| PE ratio | 47.4417 |
| Dividend yield | USD$0.37 (0.32%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | USD$2.4 |
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Is EMCOR Group under- or over-valued?
Valuing EMCOR Group stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of EMCOR Group's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
EMCOR Group's P/E ratio
EMCOR Group's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 47x. In other words, EMCOR Group shares trade at around 47x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
EMCOR Group's PEG ratio
EMCOR Group's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.32. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into EMCOR Group's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
EMCOR Group's EBITDA
EMCOR Group's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$601.4 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a EMCOR Group's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
EMCOR Group financials
| Revenue TTM | USD$8.8 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 5.62% |
| Gross profit TTM | USD$1.4 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 6.25% |
| Return on equity TTM | 6.47% |
| Profit margin | 1.51% |
| Book value | $37.488 |
| Market capitalisation | USD$6.2 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Shorting EMCOR Group shares
There are currently 933,584 EMCOR Group shares held short by investors – that's known as EMCOR Group's "short interest". This figure is 3.2% down from 964,130 last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting EMCOR Group shares can be evaluated.
EMCOR Group's "short interest ratio" (SIR)
EMCOR Group's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of EMCOR Group shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of EMCOR Group shares traded daily (recently around 289035.29411765). EMCOR Group's SIR currently stands at 3.23. In other words for every 100,000 EMCOR Group shares traded daily on the market, roughly 3230 shares are currently held short.
However EMCOR Group's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of EMCOR Group shares, or, against the total number of tradable EMCOR Group shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case EMCOR Group's short interest could be expressed as 0.02% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 EMCOR Group shares in existence, roughly 20 shares are currently held short) or 0.0223% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable EMCOR Group shares, roughly 22 shares are currently held short).
Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against EMCOR Group.
Find out more about how you can short EMCOR Group stock.
EMCOR Group share dividends
Dividend payout ratio: 7.85% of net profits
Recently EMCOR Group has paid out, on average, around 7.85% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0.45% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), EMCOR Group shareholders could enjoy a 0.45% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In EMCOR Group's case, that would currently equate to about $0.37 per share.
While EMCOR Group's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that EMCOR Group is investing more in its future growth.
EMCOR Group's most recent dividend payout was on 28 January 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 14 April 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").
Have EMCOR Group's shares ever split?
EMCOR Group's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 9 July 2007. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your EMCOR Group shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for EMCOR Group shares which in turn could have impacted EMCOR Group's share price.
EMCOR Group share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, EMCOR Group's shares have ranged in value from as little as $52.7502 up to $115.88. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while EMCOR Group's is 1.2432. This would suggest that EMCOR Group's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
EMCOR Group overview
EMCOR Group, Inc. provides electrical and mechanical construction, and facilities services in the United States. The company offers design, integration, installation, starts-up, operation, and maintenance services related to electrical power transmission and distribution systems; premises electrical and lighting systems; process instrumentation in the refining, chemical processing, food processing, and mining industries; low-voltage systems, such as fire alarm, security, and process control systems; voice and data communications systems; roadway and transit lighting, and fiber optic lines; heating, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration, and clean-room process ventilation systems; fire protection systems; plumbing, process, and high-purity piping systems; controls and filtration systems; water and wastewater treatment systems; central plant heating and cooling systems; crane and rigging services; millwright services; and steel fabrication, erection, and welding services. It also provides building services that cover commercial and government site-based operations and maintenance; facility management, maintenance, and services outage services to utilities and industrial plants; military base operations support services; mobile mechanical maintenance and services; services for indoor air quality; floor care and janitorial services; landscaping, lot sweeping, and snow removal; other building services; vendor management; call center services; installation and support for building systems; program development, management, and maintenance for energy systems; technical consulting and diagnostic services; infrastructure and building projects; and small modification and retrofit projects. In addition, the company provides industrial services for oil, gas, and petrochemical industries. EMCOR Group, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut.
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