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The most-watched construction and engineering stock is ...
Looking at the aggregate data, we see that Fluor (NYSE: FLR) is above the rest in terms of watch interest, or the percentage of people keeping an eye on construction and engineering stocks in general who are specifically watching each company. And for good reason. As CAPS member rollotherichkid wrote last week:
Fluor is the foremost leader in the construction and maintenance of power generation. This combined with their broad expertise in all forms of large engineering and construct will give them an advantage as infrastructure projects expand in the US and countries like Japan.
Here are the rest of the 15 most-watched companies in the industry with their watch interest along with the stocks' CAPS rating to show the sentiment of our investing community.
|
Company |
Market Cap (millions) |
CAPS Rating (out of 5) |
Watch Interest | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Fluor |
$12,840 |
***** |
16.4% |
|
2 |
Quanta Services (NYSE: PWR) |
$4,922 |
***** |
14.1% |
|
3 |
Chicago Bridge & Iron (NYSE: CBI) |
$4,114 |
***** |
10.4% |
|
4 |
Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE: JEC) |
$6,568 |
**** |
8.1% |
|
5 |
Foster Wheeler (Nasdaq: FWLT) |
$4,667 |
***** |
7.0% |
|
6 |
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (Nasdaq: GLDD) |
$450 |
**** |
4.8% |
|
7 |
KBR |
$5,783 |
**** |
4.1% |
|
8 |
Shaw Group |
$2,991 |
**** |
4.1% |
|
9 |
Michael Baker |
$271 |
**** |
3.8% |
|
10 |
AECOM Technology (NYSE: ACM) |
$3,308 |
*** |
3.2% |
|
11 |
Granite Construction |
$1,084 |
** |
2.9% |
|
12 |
URS |
$3,760 |
**** |
2.1% |
|
13 |
MasTec |
$1,714 |
**** |
1.8% |
|
14 |
EMCOR Group |
$2,097 |
**** |
1.6% |
|
15 |
Northwest Pipe |
$218 |
**** |
1.5% |
Sources: Motley Fool, Motley Fool CAPS.
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