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Gordon Reid EMCOR Group EME-N TOP PICK Jul 23, 2020

Provide mechanical, electrical, and building services for construction sites. Trades at a reasonable multiple of 13x earnings. Cash rich. Free cash flow yield is pushing a robust 10%. Great balance sheet, with debt to capital of 20%. Will benefit from infrastructure stimulus. Yield is 0.50%. (Analysts’ price target is $68.75)
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He owns EME instead of Quanta Services. On a 5-year chart, PWR has outperformed. But on a 1-year chart, EME is ahead. At 28x earnings, the multiple on PWR is about 50% higher than its normalized range, so it's not as good a value today. He'd switch into EME. EME has better profitability metrics, EPS revisions are better, PE is 20x earnings.