Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. EME scored 72.5, MAS scored 59.8 — EME leads.
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EME
EMCOR Group, Inc.
Engineering & Construction · Quality-Growth
72.5
$789.45 · $34.8B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
12.7
EME leads
MAS
Masco Corporation
Building Products & Equipment · Quality-Growth
59.8
$68.75 · $13.6B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestMAS15.8x
Fastest growthEME+16.6%
Highest qualityMAS87 / 100
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
EME
stronger →← stronger
MAS
84
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
87
88
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
33
52
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
75
MAS is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
EME
MAS
$1.2bC+
FCF
$1.1bC+
+16.6%B+
Rev
-3.4%D+
0.13A-
D/E
Negative equity
24.6xB
P/E
15.8xA-
0.32A
PEG
1.59C+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
EME
MAS
75% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
6% above
~24%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~4%/yr
-50%
1-yr DCF upside
-2%
-43%
5-yr DCF upside
-6%
-31%
10-yr DCF upside
-10%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
EME
Why this score
Durable high returns
MAS
Why this score
Buying back stock
Durable high returns
The companies
EMEEMCOR Group, Inc.
Engineering & Construction · $789.45 · beta 1.12
Why now
Engineering & Construction · market cap $34.8b. 17% off the 52-week high of $951.96. Revenue growing +17%, comfortably above the S&P median. PEG 0.32 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 7 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $1,033 (implying +31% upside).
Moat
ROE 40% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which.
Risk
Value re-rating depends on a catalyst. Without one — analyst day, divestiture, margin recovery, capital return — the stock can stay cheap on these multiples for years.
MASMasco Corporation
Building Products & Equipment · $68.75 · beta 1.29
Why now
Building Products & Equipment · market cap $13.6b. 18% off the 52-week high of $83.64. 19 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $79.89 (implying +16% upside).
Moat
FCF converts 127% of net income, helped by cash released from working capital ($95m) that doesn't repeat every year.
Risk
Mature compounder — the risk is paying up for quality at a moment when growth is decelerating. Watch for sequential revenue + margin trends; the inflection from "compounder" to "ex-compounder" is hard to spot until the multiple already started compressing.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where EME and MAS diverge
On the headline score the gap is 12.7 points in favor of EME. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
GrowthEME 88.1 · MAS 32.7EME +55.4
ValueEME 51.5 · MAS 74.7MAS +23.2
QualityEME 83.8 · MAS 87.4MAS +3.6
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is EME or MAS the better stock?
EME scores higher: EME 72.5, MAS 59.8 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do EME and MAS differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where EME leads by 55 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are EME and MAS scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.