AWI vs. BLDR, LII, OC, MAS, AOS, TREX, UFPI, SSD, AAON, and GFF
Should you be buying Armstrong World Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Armstrong World Industries include Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Lennox International (LII), Owens Corning (OC), Masco (MAS), A. O. Smith (AOS), Trex (TREX), UFP Industries (UFPI), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), AAON (AAON), and Griffon (GFF). These companies are all part of the "building products" industry.
Builders FirstSource (NYSE:BLDR) and Armstrong World Industries (NYSE:AWI) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Builders FirstSource received 9 more outperform votes than Armstrong World Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.92% of users gave Builders FirstSource an outperform vote while only 63.10% of users gave Armstrong World Industries an outperform vote.
Builders FirstSource has higher revenue and earnings than Armstrong World Industries. Builders FirstSource is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Armstrong World Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
95.5% of Builders FirstSource shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of Armstrong World Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Builders FirstSource shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Armstrong World Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Armstrong World Industries has a net margin of 18.03% compared to Armstrong World Industries' net margin of 8.57%. Builders FirstSource's return on equity of 41.81% beat Armstrong World Industries' return on equity.
Builders FirstSource currently has a consensus price target of $195.13, indicating a potential upside of 33.40%. Armstrong World Industries has a consensus price target of $110.17, indicating a potential downside of 2.77%. Given Armstrong World Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Builders FirstSource is more favorable than Armstrong World Industries.
Builders FirstSource has a beta of 2.08, meaning that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Armstrong World Industries has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Builders FirstSource had 16 more articles in the media than Armstrong World Industries. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Builders FirstSource and 4 mentions for Armstrong World Industries. Builders FirstSource's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Armstrong World Industries' score of 0.77 indicating that Armstrong World Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Builders FirstSource beats Armstrong World Industries on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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