Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. MAS scored 59.8, ECG scored 72.0 — ECG leads.
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MAS
Masco Corporation
Building Products & Equipment · Quality-Growth
59.8
$68.75 · $13.6B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
12.2
ECG leads
ECG
Everus Construction Group, Inc.
Engineering & Construction · Quality-Growth
72
$122.44 · $6.2B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestMAS15.8x
Fastest growthECG+30.5%
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)
MAS
stronger →← stronger
ECG
87
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
77
33
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
90
75
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
73
MAS is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
MAS
ECG
$1.1bC+
FCF
$250mC
-3.4%D+
Rev
+30.5%A
Negative equity
D/E
0.47B+
15.8xA-
P/E
24.6xB
1.59C+
PEG
1.33B
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
MAS
ECG
6% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
23% above
~4%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~17%/yr
-2%
1-yr DCF upside
-32%
-6%
5-yr DCF upside
-18%
-10%
10-yr DCF upside
+7%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
MAS
Why this score
Buying back stock
Durable high returns
ECG
Why this score
Durable high returns
Short track record
The companies
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.
ECGEverus Construction Group, Inc.
Engineering & Construction · $122.44
Why now
Engineering & Construction · market cap $6.2b. Down 29% from 52-week high of $171.58 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +31% — in hypergrowth territory. 6 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $176.00 (implying +44% upside).
Moat
ROE 33% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. FCF converts 98% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
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
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where MAS and ECG diverge
On the headline score the gap is 12.2 points in favor of ECG. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
GrowthMAS 32.7 · ECG 89.5ECG +56.8
QualityMAS 87.4 · ECG 77.0MAS +10.4
ValueMAS 74.7 · ECG 73.3level
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 ECG or MAS the better stock?
ECG scores higher: ECG 72.0, 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 ECG and MAS differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where ECG leads by 57 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 ECG 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.