On July 30, EMCOR Group Inc rose 17.22% in regular trading, trading at 802.93 USD/share, with turnover of $119 million. The surge was driven by the company's Q2 earnings release before market open, which significantly exceeded market expectations, accompanied by a substantial upward revision to full-year guidance.
EMCOR reported Q2 diluted EPS of $9.06, beating the FactSet consensus estimate of $7.20 by approximately 26% and representing a 34.82% year-over-year increase from $6.72. Q2 revenue reached $5.154 billion, surpassing the $4.71 billion estimate and growing 19.77% year-over-year. The company raised full-year EPS guidance to $32.00-$33.25, up from the prior range of $28.25-$29.75 and well above the analyst consensus of $29.32. Full-year revenue guidance was also lifted to $20.0-$20.5 billion from $18.5-$19.25 billion, versus the Street estimate of $19 billion.
The broader Construction and Engineering sector rallied in tandem, with Quanta up 15.59%, Sterling Construction up 12.9%, MasTec up 11.91%, Comfort Systems USA up 11.79%, and MYR Group up 5.44%, reflecting broad sector sentiment recovery following a roughly 10% decline in the prior two sessions linked to Goldman Sachs lowering its target price on the stock from $885 to $825.
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