BLD vs. JHX, FND, TOL, ACM, WMS, FIX, RPM, CX, MAS, and OC
Should you be buying TopBuild stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TopBuild include James Hardie Industries (JHX), Floor & Decor (FND), Toll Brothers (TOL), AECOM (ACM), Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), RPM International (RPM), CEMEX (CX), Masco (MAS), and Owens Corning (OC). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
TopBuild (NYSE:BLD) and James Hardie Industries (NYSE:JHX) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, TopBuild had 3 more articles in the media than James Hardie Industries. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for TopBuild and 0 mentions for James Hardie Industries. TopBuild's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat James Hardie Industries' score of 0.50 indicating that TopBuild is being referred to more favorably in the media.
TopBuild presently has a consensus target price of $420.90, suggesting a potential upside of 0.76%. James Hardie Industries has a consensus target price of $35.50, suggesting a potential upside of 14.37%. Given James Hardie Industries' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe James Hardie Industries is more favorable than TopBuild.
James Hardie Industries has a net margin of 12.96% compared to TopBuild's net margin of 12.11%. James Hardie Industries' return on equity of 38.97% beat TopBuild's return on equity.
95.7% of TopBuild shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.0% of James Hardie Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of TopBuild shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
TopBuild has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, James Hardie Industries has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.
TopBuild has higher revenue and earnings than James Hardie Industries. TopBuild is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than James Hardie Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TopBuild received 210 more outperform votes than James Hardie Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.17% of users gave TopBuild an outperform vote while only 61.64% of users gave James Hardie Industries an outperform vote.
Summary
TopBuild beats James Hardie Industries on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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