BLDR vs. LII, OC, MAS, AOS, TREX, UFPI, SSD, AAON, AWI, and GFF
Should you be buying Builders FirstSource stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Builders FirstSource include Lennox International (LII), Owens Corning (OC), Masco (MAS), A. O. Smith (AOS), Trex (TREX), UFP Industries (UFPI), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), AAON (AAON), Armstrong World Industries (AWI), and Griffon (GFF). These companies are all part of the "building products" industry.
Builders FirstSource (NYSE:BLDR) and Lennox International (NYSE:LII) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.
In the previous week, Builders FirstSource had 17 more articles in the media than Lennox International. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Builders FirstSource and 4 mentions for Lennox International. Lennox International's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Builders FirstSource's score of 0.77 indicating that Lennox International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Builders FirstSource currently has a consensus target price of $195.13, suggesting a potential upside of 33.40%. Lennox International has a consensus target price of $484.62, suggesting a potential downside of 2.50%. Given Builders FirstSource's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Builders FirstSource is more favorable than Lennox International.
Builders FirstSource received 162 more outperform votes than Lennox International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.92% of users gave Builders FirstSource an outperform vote while only 47.76% of users gave Lennox International an outperform vote.
Builders FirstSource has higher revenue and earnings than Lennox International. Builders FirstSource is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lennox International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
95.5% of Builders FirstSource shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.1% of Lennox International shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Builders FirstSource shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Lennox International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Builders FirstSource has a beta of 2.08, suggesting that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lennox International has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lennox International has a net margin of 12.38% compared to Builders FirstSource's net margin of 8.57%. Lennox International's return on equity of 303.36% beat Builders FirstSource's return on equity.
Summary
Builders FirstSource beats Lennox International on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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