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AGX vs EME

Side-by-side comparison of Argan Inc. (AGX) and EMCOR Group Inc. (EME): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • AGX operates in Consumer Discretionary, while EME operates in Industrials - the two are in different parts of the market.
  • EME is the larger of the two at $37.04B, about 4.2x AGX ($8.80B).
  • Over the past year, AGX is up 329.8% and EME is up 123.8% - AGX leads by 206.0 points.
  • AGX has been more active in the news (18 items in the past 4 weeks vs 7 for EME).
  • EME has more recent analyst coverage (16 ratings vs 6 for AGX).
PerformanceAGX+329.77%EME+123.78%
2025-04-30+0.00%2026-04-30
MetricAGXEME
Company
Argan Inc.
EMCOR Group Inc.
Price
$659.18+4.62%
$895.91+7.59%
Market cap
$8.80B
$37.04B
1M return
+21.87%
+21.20%
1Y return
+329.77%
+123.78%
Industry
Engineering & Construction
Engineering & Construction
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
News (4w)
18
7
Recent ratings
6
16
AGX

Argan Inc.

Argan, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, operations management, maintenance, project development, technical, and consulting services to the power generation and renewable energy markets. The company operates through three segments: Power Industry Services, Industrial Fabrication and Field Services, and Telecommunications Infrastructure Services. The Power Industry Services segment offers engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracting services to the owners of alternative energy facilities, such as biomass plants, wind farms, and solar fields; and design, construction, project management, start-up, and operation services for projects with approximately 15 gigawatts of power-generating capacity. This segment serves independent power project owners, public utilities, power plant equipment suppliers, and energy plant construction companies. The Industrial Fabrication and Field Services segment provides industrial field, and pipe and vessel fabrication services for forest products, industrial gas, large fertilizer, mining, and petrochemical companies in southeast region of the United States. The Telecommunications Infrastructure Services segment offers trenchless directional boring and excavation for underground communication and power networks, as well as aerial cabling services; and installs buried cable, high and low voltage electric lines, and private area outdoor lighting systems. It also provides structuring, cabling, terminations, and connectivity that offers the physical transport for high speed data, voice, video, and security networks. This segment serves state and local government agencies, regional communications service providers, electric utilities, and other commercial customers, as well as federal government facilities comprising cleared facilities in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Argan, Inc. was incorporated in 1961 and is headquartered in Rockville, Maryland.

EME

EMCOR Group Inc.

EMCOR Group, Inc. provides electrical and mechanical construction, and facilities services in the United States. The company offers design, integration, installation, starts-up, operation, and maintenance services related to electrical power transmission and distribution systems; premises electrical and lighting systems; process instrumentation in the refining, chemical processing, food processing, and mining industries; low-voltage systems, such as fire alarm, security, and process control systems; voice and data communications systems; roadway and transit lighting, and fiber optic lines; heating, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration, and clean-room process ventilation systems; fire protection systems; plumbing, process, and high-purity piping systems; controls and filtration systems; water and wastewater treatment systems; central plant heating and cooling systems; crane and rigging services; millwright services; and steel fabrication, erection, and welding services. It also provides building services that cover commercial and government site-based operations and maintenance; facility management, maintenance, and services outage services to utilities and industrial plants; military base operations support services; mobile mechanical maintenance and services; services for indoor air quality; floor care and janitorial services; landscaping, lot sweeping, and snow removal; other building services; vendor management; call center services; installation and support for building systems; program development, management, and maintenance for energy systems; technical consulting and diagnostic services; infrastructure and building projects; and small modification and retrofit projects. In addition, the company provides industrial services for oil, gas, and petrochemical industries. EMCOR Group, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut.