Engineering & Construction: Quanta Services, Inc. owns the largest revenue base; Cadeler A/S has the fastest current growth.
The industry itself · before any single company
How has Engineering & Construction moved against S&P 500?
The line below covers 5.2 years. Over the most recent two of them this industry is 101% ahead of S&P 500. Earnings across its companies grew 33% on average over the last four reported quarters.
FADING · −10 in 4w✓Price and the fundamentals both up5 of 37 companies ahead of S&P 500 by 5% or more over three months5 are 20% or more behind over a year while earnings grew 20% or more
Engineering & Construction, equal-weighted, based at 200S&P 500, same base, same starttrailing 12-month earnings per share risingfalling
Strength anatomyNarrowHow much of the industry is participating, how recently, and whether the movers score well.
Together5 of 37 stocks moving
Fresh0 crossed in the last 4 weeks
Backed by scoresmovers score +12 vs the industry average
Down the cap ladder — bar is now, tick is four weeks ago
Large1/8−2
Mid1/13−5
Small3/16−3
Participation is not spreading downward this month; the larger companies are still carrying most of it.
Both lines start at 200 in the same week, so the distance between them is the whole story: the industry line is an equal-weighted index of its 37 companies. The bars underneath are trailing 12-month earnings per share, one bar per reported quarter, each member rebased to 100 at the start and the industry taking the median — so a price line pulling away from flat bars is a re-rating, not earnings. A bar turns red when that figure is lower than the quarter before. Rules are fixed and applied identically everywhere on this site: ahead by 5% or more over three months, or behind by 20% or more over a year while earnings grew 20% or more. Hover any point to read both values and the gap. This is a description of what the numbers did, not advice.
Sector relative strength · before individual stocks
Is Engineering & Construction outperforming S&P 500?
Engineering & Construction has outperformed S&P 500 by 17.5% over the last 52 weeks. Over 13 weeks the gap is a shortfall of 15.2%. 12 of 28 covered companies currently beat the S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength, so leadership inside the sector is selective. Comfort Systems USA, Inc. is the strongest against the sector itself at +24.2%.
-15.2%Sector vs S&P 500 · 13 weeks
+17.5%Sector vs S&P 500 · 52 weeks
12/28Stocks leading S&P 500
12/28Stocks leading sector
Sector metric: — as of latest available · unclassified · direction unavailable.
The central tension: the companies with the most scale are not necessarily the companies creating the most change.
Start with scale. Then earnings trajectory. Then business quality. Only after those three agree should price leadership carry much weight.
Bottom line
Engineering & Construction has outperformed S&P 500 by 17.5% over 52 weeks and 15.2% over 13 weeks. 12 of 28 covered companies beat the S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength, while 12 of 28 beat the sector itself. Quanta Services, Inc. leads with revenue of $30,121 million, based on 26 of 30 comparable companies through Mar 2026.
Is the Engineering & Construction sector outperforming S&P 500?
Engineering & Construction has outperformed S&P 500 by 17.5% over 52 weeks and 15.2% over 13 weeks. 12 of 28 covered companies beat the S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength, while 12 of 28 beat the sector itself.
Which Engineering & Construction company is largest by revenue?
Quanta Services, Inc. leads with revenue of $30,121 million, based on 26 of 30 comparable companies through Mar 2026.
Which Engineering & Construction company is growing fastest?
Cadeler A/S has the fastest current revenue growth at 100%, across 23 of 30 comparable companies.
Which Engineering & Construction company has the strongest 4-Factor Sector Score?
Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. ranks first at 70.8/100 with 82% evidence confidence. The score prioritizes research; it is not a buy recommendation.
Which Engineering & Construction company reports the most CAPEX?
Ferrovial N.V. reports the largest latest CAPEX at $382 million, with 30 of 30 companies comparable.
Which Engineering & Construction company has the least gross debt?
Argan, Inc. has the lowest comparable gross debt at $0 million. Quanta Services, Inc. has the highest at $6,320 million.
Which Engineering & Construction company has the lowest comparable PEG?
Cadeler A/S has the lowest comparable Guarded PEG at 0.11, among 18 of 30 companies that pass the metric’s comparability rules.
How much history does this Engineering & Construction comparison include?
The page compares up to 20 reported quarters per company for fundamentals, CAPEX, debt and valuation, ending Jun 2026. Missing observations remain blank rather than being estimated.
How is the 4-Factor Sector Score calculated?
The four visible contributions add directly: growth and earnings up to 35 points, capital efficiency up to 25, valuation up to 20, and relative strength up to 20. Missing or stale evidence moves only the affected contribution toward neutral.
Companies
30
complete canonical membership
Combined market value
$429.1B
Quanta Services, Inc.
Revenue growing
20/23
positive TTM year-on-year growth
Beating S&P 500
12/28
positive Mansfield relative strength
Global company selection
00 · research priority, made explicit
4-Factor Sector Score
An additive sector-relative research score. The four displayed point contributions always equal the total: Growth & earnings (35), Capital efficiency (25), Valuation (20), and Relative strength (20). Missing or stale evidence is absorbed inside the affected factor, never applied as a hidden adjustment.
Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. has the strongest current balance of earnings trajectory, business quality, valuation and price confirmation, with 82% evidence confidence.
AECOM looks inexpensive relative to peers or its own history, but its earnings trajectory has not yet earned the valuation signal.
Tutor Perini Corporation has stronger price confirmation than earnings confirmation; that is a research prompt, not permission to chase.
Missing observations are not scored as bad. Their missing weight lowers confidence and pulls the final score toward neutral. PEG is guarded: positive earnings, positive 5–60% three-year EPS growth, and a positive P/E are required.
Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
15.3/35Growth & earnings
Revenue 44.3% · PAT 13.3% · OPM change -1.1 pp
62% evidence
5.8/25Capital efficiency
ROCE 1.1% · debt/equity 1.24×
80% evidence
8.6/20Valuation
P/E 192.6× · PEG —
15% evidence
10.0/20Relative strength
RS sector — · RS bench — · 1Y —
0% evidence
01 · compare level, then change
Revenue Scale & Growth Durability
Quanta Services, Inc. has the highest Revenue among the 30 Engineering & Construction companies compared here, at $30,121 million. EMCOR Group, Inc. is next at $17,747 million. Cadeler A/S has the highest Revenue growth at the 100% top of the scoring scale, so level and change sit with different companies.
What the numbers say: Quanta Services, Inc. is the scale leader at $30,121 million, 69.7% ahead of EMCOR Group, Inc.. Cadeler A/S's growth is stored at the ≥100% scoring cap; the uncapped TTM change is 130.5% from a $680 million base, with 19 reported observations in the 20-quarter window. Treat the growth leader as an acceleration candidate, not as equally proven scale.
LeaderQuanta Services, Inc. · $30,121 million
Gap69.7% versus #2 · EMCOR Group, Inc.
Persistence8/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage26/30 companies · 525 observations
Investor read: Quanta Services, Inc. is the scale benchmark; Cadeler A/S is the acceleration watch. Promote the challenger only if growth persists and converts into margin and returns.
This conclusion weakens if: Quanta Services, Inc.'s growth falls below Cadeler A/S's for two consecutive comparable reports while operating margin also compresses.
Revenue is compared on a common reported-currency basis. Growth is year-on-year, so seasonality does not masquerade as progress.
Revenuelargest
1Quanta Services, Inc. PWR$30.1B
2EMCOR Group, Inc. EME$17.7B
3AECOM ACM$16.0B
4MasTec, Inc. MTZ$15.3B
5Fluor Corporation FLR$15.2B
Revenue growthfastest growers
1Cadeler A/S CDLR100%
2Construction Partners, Inc. ROAD49%
3Legence Corp. LGN44%
4Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. STRL37%
5Dycom Industries, Inc. DY30%
Revenue · company comparison
26/30 level · 23/30 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
Each figure is the company’s latest single reported quarter. The rankings above use trailing-twelve-month or current-market values, so a company can legitimately show a different number in each.
Showing the 12 largest of 30 companies with a series here. The remaining 18 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Showing the 12 largest of 30 companies with a series here. The remaining 18 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Exponent, Inc. has the highest OPM among the 30 Engineering & Construction companies compared here, at 24.9%. Comfort Systems USA, Inc. is next at 17%. Tetra Tech, Inc. has the highest Margin change at +7.8 percentage points, so level and change sit with different companies. 29 of 30 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Jun 2026.
What the numbers say: Exponent, Inc. leads opm at 24.9%; Tetra Tech, Inc. leads margin change at +7.8 percentage points.
LeaderExponent, Inc. · 24.9%
Gap46.5% versus #2 · Comfort Systems USA, Inc.
Persistence3/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage29/30 companies · 516 observations
Investor read: Exponent, Inc. sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current margin change signal.
Operating margin compares operating profit with revenue. Improvement is measured in percentage points, not percentage growth.
OPMhighest
1Exponent, Inc. EXPO25%
2Comfort Systems USA, Inc. FIX17%
3Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. STRL17%
4Argan, Inc. AGX16%
5TopBuild Corp. BLD12%
Margin changefastest expanders
1Tetra Tech, Inc. TTEK+7.8 pp
2Comfort Systems USA, Inc. FIX+5.6 pp
3Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. STRL+3.7 pp
4Argan, Inc. AGX+3.0 pp
5MasTec, Inc. MTZ+2.4 pp
Operating margin · company comparison
29/30 level · 29/30 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Showing the 12 largest of 29 companies with a series here. The remaining 17 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Showing the 12 largest of 29 companies with a series here. The remaining 17 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
EMCOR Group, Inc. has the highest Net profit among the 30 Engineering & Construction companies compared here, at $1,337 million. Quanta Services, Inc. is next at $1,125 million. Arcosa, Inc. has the highest Profit growth at the 100% top of the scoring scale, so level and change sit with different companies.
What the numbers say: EMCOR Group, Inc. leads with $1,337 million of TTM profit, 18.8% above Quanta Services, Inc.. Arcosa, Inc. shows ≥100% on the scoring scale (182.3% uncapped) growth from a $223 million profit base. Compare the size of the base and persistence before ranking acceleration above profit scale.
LeaderEMCOR Group, Inc. · $1,337 million
Gap18.8% versus #2 · Quanta Services, Inc.
Persistence8/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage26/30 companies · 525 observations
Investor read: EMCOR Group, Inc. sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current profit growth signal.
Net profit is the residual after operating costs, interest and tax. Growth off a loss or near-zero base is excluded from the fastest-grower rank.
Net profitlargest
1EMCOR Group, Inc. EME$1.3B
2Quanta Services, Inc. PWR$1.1B
3AECOM ACM$707M
4TopBuild Corp. BLD$504M
5Stantec Inc. STN$490M
Profit growthfastest growers
1Arcosa, Inc. ACA100%
2Cadeler A/S CDLR100%
3MYR Group Inc. MYRG100%
4Construction Partners, Inc. ROAD100%
5Tetra Tech, Inc. TTEK100%
Net profit · company comparison
26/30 level · 19/30 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Showing the 12 largest of 30 companies with a series here. The remaining 18 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Showing the 12 largest of 30 companies with a series here. The remaining 18 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Ferrovial N.V. has the highest CAPEX among the 30 Engineering & Construction companies compared here, at $382 million. Quanta Services, Inc. is next at $220 million. Cadeler A/S has the highest CAPEX intensity at 72.8%, so level and change sit with different companies. 30 of 30 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Dec 2025.
What the numbers say: Ferrovial N.V. reports $382 million of CAPEX; Cadeler A/S has the highest covered intensity at 72.8%. Coverage is only 30 of 30 companies and 524 reported observations, so this is partial evidence—not a complete sector rank.
LeaderFerrovial N.V. · $382 million
Gap73.6% versus #2 · Quanta Services, Inc.
Persistence8/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage30/30 companies · 524 observations
Investor read: Use the CAPEX rank as a diligence queue. Verify commissioning, utilization, cash conversion and post-investment ROCE before treating spend as value creation.
This conclusion weakens if: CAPEX rises without higher utilization, operating cash flow or incremental returns.
CAPEX is cash spent on property, plant, equipment and other reported capital assets. CAPEX intensity divides that spend by revenue; high intensity is a reinvestment signal, not proof that the reinvestment will earn attractive returns.
CAPEXlargest spenders
1Ferrovial N.V. FER · older report$382M
2Quanta Services, Inc. PWR$220M
3Comfort Systems USA, Inc. FIX$141M
4Ameresco, Inc. AMRC$97M
5MasTec, Inc. MTZ$97M
CAPEX intensityhighest reinvestment intensity
1Cadeler A/S CDLR73%
2Ameresco, Inc. AMRC24%
3Arcosa, Inc. ACA7.7%
4Ferrovial N.V. FER · older report7.4%
5Construction Partners, Inc. ROAD6.0%
Capital expenditure · company comparison
30/30 level · 30/30 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Showing the 12 largest of 30 companies with a series here. The remaining 18 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Showing the 12 largest of 30 companies with a series here. The remaining 18 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Capacity base is net fixed assets plus capital work in progress, straight off the reported balance sheet. It is not cash spent, so it answers a narrower question than CAPEX — but it is reported for companies whose cash-flow CAPEX is not published, which is why it leads here. Missing years remain blank; annual values are never relabelled as quarters.
Full annual capacity base, operating cash flow, CAPEX and free cash flow history
Capacity base · net fixed assets + CWIP · fiscal-year history
Showing the 12 largest of 30 companies with a series here. The remaining 18 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Showing the 12 largest of 30 companies with a series here. The remaining 18 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Showing the 12 largest of 30 companies with a series here. The remaining 18 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Showing the 12 largest of 30 companies with a series here. The remaining 18 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Argan, Inc. has the lowest Gross debt among the 30 Engineering & Construction companies compared here, at $0 million. MYR Group Inc. is next at $62 million. Fluor Corporation has the lowest Net debt at $2,601 million net cash, so level and change sit with different companies. 29 of 30 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Jun 2026.
What the numbers say: Fluor Corporation has the clearest covered balance-sheet capacity with $2,601 million net cash and gross debt of $1,071 million. Absolute debt alone does not identify the strongest balance sheet because company scale differs; net debt and debt-to-equity carry more information.
LeaderArgan, Inc. · $0 million
Gap100% versus #2 · MYR Group Inc.
Persistence8/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage29/30 companies · 520 observations
Investor read: Prioritize net-cash capacity and leverage relative to operating scale, not the smallest absolute rupee debt.
This conclusion weakens if: Net debt rises faster than revenue and profit for two consecutive reported periods.
Gross debt shows contractual borrowings. Net debt subtracts reported cash; a negative value means net cash. Lower debt can create capacity, but should be read against the scale and capital intensity of the business.
Gross debtlowest gross debt
1Argan, Inc. AGX$0M
2MYR Group Inc. MYRG$62M
3Willdan Group, Inc. WLDN$69M
4Exponent, Inc. EXPO$81M
5IES Holdings, Inc. IESC$107M
Net debtlowest net debt
1Fluor Corporation FLR$-2.6B
2Comfort Systems USA, Inc. FIX$-1.5B
3Argan, Inc. AGX$-974M
4Tutor Perini Corporation TPC$-684M
5EMCOR Group, Inc. EME$-406M
Debt and balance-sheet capacity · company comparison
29/30 level · 29/30 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Showing the 12 largest of 29 companies with a series here. The remaining 17 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Showing the 12 largest of 29 companies with a series here. The remaining 17 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Comfort Systems USA, Inc. has the highest ROCE among the 30 Engineering & Construction companies compared here, at 18.3%. IES Holdings, Inc. is next at 11.3%. Cardinal Infrastructure Group Inc. has the highest ROCE change at +20.6 percentage points, so level and change sit with different companies. 30 of 30 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Jun 2026.
What the numbers say: Comfort Systems USA, Inc. leads ROCE at 18.3%, 7 percentage points above IES Holdings, Inc.. Cardinal Infrastructure Group Inc. has the strongest latest improvement at +20.6 percentage points. Read the leader beside the density of its reported history: a sparse high return is a candidate; a repeated high return is evidence of durability.
LeaderComfort Systems USA, Inc. · 18.3%
Gap61.9% versus #2 · IES Holdings, Inc.
Persistence8/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage30/30 companies · 533 observations
Investor read: Comfort Systems USA, Inc. sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current roce change signal.
ROCE asks how much operating return the business earns on the capital employed. Direction matters, but a single exceptional year should not be mistaken for durability.
ROCEhighest
1Comfort Systems USA, Inc. FIX18%
2IES Holdings, Inc. IESC11%
3Argan, Inc. AGX11%
4EMCOR Group, Inc. EME9.5%
5Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. STRL9.3%
ROCE changefastest improvers
1Cardinal Infrastructure Group Inc. CDNL+20.6 pp
2Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. STRL+4.6 pp
3Comfort Systems USA, Inc. FIX+4.2 pp
4MYR Group Inc. MYRG+3.7 pp
5Argan, Inc. AGX+3.2 pp
Return on capital · company comparison
30/30 level · 30/30 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Showing the 12 largest of 30 companies with a series here. The remaining 18 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Showing the 12 largest of 30 companies with a series here. The remaining 18 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Cadeler A/S has the lowest Guarded PEG among the 30 Engineering & Construction companies compared here, at 0.11×. Everus Construction Group, Inc. is next at 0.58×. The same company also holds the lowest P/E, at 6.57×. 18 of 30 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.
What the numbers say: Cadeler A/S has the lowest comparable Guarded PEG at 0.11×, 81% below Everus Construction Group, Inc.. Only 18 of 30 companies pass the guard, so no broad “cheapest stock” conclusion is defensible unless the current multiple, own-history position and growth durability agree.
LeaderCadeler A/S · 0.11×
Gap81% versus #2 · Everus Construction Group, Inc.
Persistence0/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage18/30 companies · 99 observations
Investor read: Treat valuation as permission to investigate, never as a standalone reason to buy.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current p/e signal.
PEG is shown only when earnings are positive and three-year EPS growth is between 5% and 60%. It is recomputed consistently as the trailing P/E divided by that growth rate — reported earnings, never an expected-earnings multiple. On Indian companies it is shown only where the two data sources reconciled. A missing PEG is more honest than a low-base fiction.
Guarded PEGlowest PEG
1Cadeler A/S CDLR0.1
2Everus Construction Group, Inc. ECG0.6
3Granite Construction Incorporated GVA0.6
4Tetra Tech, Inc. TTEK0.6
5AECOM ACM0.7
P/Elowest P/E
1Cadeler A/S CDLR6.6
2KBR, Inc. KBR12.1
3Tetra Tech, Inc. TTEK17.8
4TopBuild Corp. BLD19.7
5Willdan Group, Inc. WLDN21.7
Valuation · company comparison
18/30 level · 30/30 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Showing the 12 largest of 19 companies with a series here. The remaining 7 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Showing the 12 largest of 30 companies with a series here. The remaining 18 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Cardinal Infrastructure Group Inc. has the lowest EV/EBITDA among the 30 Engineering & Construction companies compared here, at 6.63×. Cadeler A/S is next at 7.04×. Cadeler A/S has the lowest P/BV at 1.06×, so level and change sit with different companies. 30 of 30 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.
What the numbers say: Cardinal Infrastructure Group Inc. leads ev/ebitda at 6.63×; Cadeler A/S leads p/bv at 1.06×.
LeaderCardinal Infrastructure Group Inc. · 6.63×
Gap5.8% versus #2 · Cadeler A/S
Persistence0/2 recent comparable periods
Coverage30/30 companies · 493 observations
Investor read: Treat valuation as permission to investigate, never as a standalone reason to buy.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current p/bv signal.
EV/EBITDA includes debt in enterprise value and is useful across different capital structures. P/BV prices the company against its own book. Both are market multiples on reported figures, not intrinsic-value estimates and not forecasts.
EV/EBITDAlowest EV/EBITDA
1Cardinal Infrastructure Group Inc. CDNL6.6
2Cadeler A/S CDLR7.0
3KBR, Inc. KBR7.9
4AECOM ACM11.0
5Arcosa, Inc. ACA11.8
P/BVlowest P/BV
1Cadeler A/S CDLR1.1
2Ameresco, Inc. AMRC1.3
3Arcosa, Inc. ACA2.0
4Fluor Corporation FLR2.3
5KBR, Inc. KBR3.1
Enterprise and book valuation · company comparison
30/30 level · 30/30 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Showing the 12 largest of 30 companies with a series here. The remaining 18 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Showing the 12 largest of 30 companies with a series here. The remaining 18 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Comfort Systems USA, Inc. has the strongest one-year price move in Engineering & Construction at +133.9%. It also leads on Mansfield relative strength against the S&P 500 at +20.8%. 12 of 28 covered companies are above zero on that measure. Every line covers 314 weekly closes through 2026-07-28.
Every price line is indexed to 100 over the chosen window. Mansfield relative strength compares a price ratio with its own 52-week average; zero separates leadership from lagging.
Price and relative strength
Price is rebased to 100 inside the selected window. Pair ratio rebases each selected company against one chosen denominator.
Before the conclusion · check the blind spots
What can make this comparison misleading?
This Engineering & Construction comparison names 5 specific ways its own evidence can mislead, all listed below. 1 of the 30 companies reports on an older date than the sector's freshest reporters, so its rank is marked stale. A high growth rate can still be a low-base artefact.
Keep these limits visible
A high growth rate can be a low-base artefact. The page keeps level and change separate for that reason.
A high ROCE can be temporary or flattered by a small capital base. Read it beside margin, cash conversion and reinvestment.
The 4-Factor Sector Score ranks research priority, not portfolio action. Management quality, catalysts and risks need equally fresh evidence before capital is deployed.
An “all companies” line chart preserves completeness, but rank changes should be checked against reporting dates before drawing a conclusion.
1 company has an older fundamental reporting date than the sector’s freshest reporters; its rank carries a stale marker.
10 · the complete set
Which companies are included?
All 30 companies in the canonical Engineering & Construction membership are listed below, largest market value first — nothing is silently dropped, even where a company reports too little to rank. 1 of these is no longer being priced, so its price and relative strength are frozen at the last traded week shown.
AHEAD means the company is beating the index by 5% or more over three months. LAGGING, FUNDAMENTALS UP means it is 20% or more behind over a year while its trailing twelve-month earnings grew 20% or more. Both rules are fixed and applied the same way in every sector.
This comparison is built from the reported filings of 30 Engineering & Construction companies, normalized to a common $ scale and a shared quarter axis of up to 20 quarters each. Fundamentals run through Jun 2026 and market data through 2026-07-28. A second data feed fills gaps only after identity and scale reconciliation, and missing observations are never interpolated.
FundamentalsThrough Jun 2026 · up to 20 quarters per company
Market dataThrough 2026-07-28 · weekly price and relative-strength history
Derived metricsGrowth, changes, CAPEX intensity, net debt, guarded PEG and P/BV÷ROE are calculated only when their inputs are comparable.
Score confidenceMissing and stale evidence reduces confidence and pulls the 0–100 research-priority score toward neutral.
Engineering & Construction company comparison FAQs
These 18 answers restate the Engineering & Construction comparison above in question form. Every one is computed from the same 30 companies and the same reported filings as the rankings and charts, current through Jun 2026. Price and relative-strength answers run through 2026-07-28. Nothing here is estimated, and none of it is a recommendation.
Which Engineering & Construction company is the biggest?
Quanta Services, Inc. is the largest, with trailing-twelve-month revenue of $30,121 million, ahead of EMCOR Group, Inc. at $17,747 million. That covers 26 of 30 companies with comparable reporting through Mar 2026.
Which Engineering & Construction company is growing fastest?
Cadeler A/S has the fastest revenue growth at 100% year on year, across 23 of 30 comparable companies. Fast growth off a small base is not the same as proven scale — check whether the rate holds across several quarters on the chart above before treating it as a trend.
Which Engineering & Construction company has the best profit margins?
Exponent, Inc. has the highest operating margin at 24.9%, from 29 of 30 comparable companies. Tetra Tech, Inc. shows the biggest recent improvement, at +7.8 percentage points. A high margin matters most when it is holding or rising, not when it is peaking.
Which Engineering & Construction company makes the most profit?
EMCOR Group, Inc. earns the most, at $1,337 million of trailing-twelve-month net profit, from 26 of 30 comparable companies. Arcosa, Inc. has the fastest profit growth at 100%, though growth off a small or recovering profit base overstates how much has actually changed.
Which Engineering & Construction company earns the highest return on capital?
Comfort Systems USA, Inc. leads on return on capital employed at 18.3%, across 30 of 30 companies. Read it beside the length of its reported history: a high return that repeats for years is evidence of a durable business, while a single high reading can be a small capital base or one good year.
Which Engineering & Construction stock is the cheapest?
On guarded PEG — where a LOWER number is cheaper — Cadeler A/S screens cheapest at 0.11×. Only 18 of 30 companies pass the comparability guard, so this is not a sector-wide "cheapest stock" verdict. Cheap on a multiple is a reason to investigate, never a reason to buy on its own.
Which Engineering & Construction company has the strongest balance sheet?
Argan, Inc. carries the lowest comparable gross debt at $0 million, from 29 of 30 companies. Absolute rupee debt alone does not settle it, because company scale differs — net debt and debt-to-equity in the chart above carry more information, and a very low-debt balance sheet can also mean under-investment.
Which Engineering & Construction company is investing most in new capacity?
Ferrovial N.V. reports the largest capital spending at $382 million, across 30 of 30 companies. Spending consumes cash before it earns anything, so treat the ranking as a diligence queue: check commissioning, utilisation and the return earned on the completed assets before reading spend as value creation.
Is the Engineering & Construction sector beating the market?
Engineering & Construction has outperformed S&P 500 by 17.5% over the last 52 weeks and 15.2% over 13 weeks, measured on an equal-weight index of its current members. Inside the sector, 12 of 28 covered companies are beating the market on their own. Sector strength does not transfer evenly to every stock in it.
Which Engineering & Construction stock has the strongest price momentum?
Comfort Systems USA, Inc. has the strongest relative strength against S&P 500. Relative strength answers last, after growth, quality and valuation: price can move well before the fundamentals confirm it, and sometimes without them confirming at all.
Which Engineering & Construction company scores highest for research priority?
Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. scores 70.8 out of 100 with 82% evidence confidence, from 28.1 points on growth and earnings, 17.1 on capital efficiency, 11.5 on valuation and 14.1 on relative strength. This ranks what deserves work next. It is not a buy recommendation, and management quality, catalysts and risk still need separate research.
How many Engineering & Construction companies does this comparison cover, and over what period?
It compares 30 listed companies over up to 20 reported quarters of fundamentals and 5 fiscal years of capital allocation, ending Jun 2026, plus weekly price and relative-strength history. Membership is the full sector list — nothing is dropped for having thin data.
What is the total market cap of the Engineering & Construction sector?
The 30 Engineering & Construction companies on this page carry $429,071 million of combined market value. Quanta Services, Inc. is the largest at $88,289 million, about 21% of the sector's total on its own. Market value moves with price, so this reading is dated 2026-07-28.
What is the Engineering & Construction sector's P/E ratio?
The median price-to-earnings ratio across the 30 Engineering & Construction companies on this page is 34.5×, measured on the 30 that report a comparable figure. A sector-level history for this multiple is not held here, so this is a cross-section of today, not a comparison with the sector’s own past. Figures are as of 2026-07-28.
How is the Engineering & Construction sector performing?
12 of the 28 covered Engineering & Construction companies are beating S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength. The sector itself is 17.5% ahead of S&P 500 over 52 weeks on an equal-weight index of its current members. Readings are as of 2026-07-28.
How many Engineering & Construction stocks are listed in the US?
This comparison covers 30 listed Engineering & Construction companies in the US, each above the size floor the site applies. The full ranked list is on this page, with reported fundamentals through Jun 2026. Membership is the full industry list — nothing is dropped for having thin data.
Why are some values on this page blank?
A blank means that company did not report a comparable figure for that period, so nothing is shown. Missing observations are never interpolated, carried forward, or replaced with a similar-looking accounting line, and a company with missing evidence has its research score pulled toward neutral rather than being scored as bad.
Is this investment advice?
No. Every figure here is a deterministic calculation from reported company filings and market data, published for research. It contains no recommendation to buy or sell any security, does not account for your circumstances, and is not a substitute for advice from a licensed adviser.