FND vs. BLDR, LL, JCTCF, HD, LOW, DHI, LEN, URI, OTIS, and PWR
Should you be buying Floor & Decor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Floor & Decor include Builders FirstSource (BLDR), LL Flooring (LL), Jewett-Cameron Trading (JCTCF), Home Depot (HD), Lowe's Companies (LOW), D.R. Horton (DHI), Lennar (LEN), United Rentals (URI), Otis Worldwide (OTIS), and Quanta Services (PWR).
Builders FirstSource (NYSE:BLDR) and Floor & Decor (NYSE:FND) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
Builders FirstSource has higher revenue and earnings than Floor & Decor. Builders FirstSource is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Floor & Decor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Builders FirstSource received 193 more outperform votes than Floor & Decor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.92% of users gave Builders FirstSource an outperform vote while only 57.68% of users gave Floor & Decor an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Builders FirstSource had 16 more articles in the media than Floor & Decor. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Builders FirstSource and 4 mentions for Floor & Decor. Builders FirstSource's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Floor & Decor's score of 0.77 indicating that Floor & Decor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Builders FirstSource has a beta of 2.08, suggesting that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Floor & Decor has a beta of 1.78, suggesting that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.
95.5% of Builders FirstSource shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Builders FirstSource shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Floor & Decor shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Builders FirstSource has a net margin of 8.57% compared to Builders FirstSource's net margin of 5.11%. Floor & Decor's return on equity of 38.66% beat Builders FirstSource's return on equity.
Builders FirstSource currently has a consensus price target of $195.13, indicating a potential upside of 33.40%. Floor & Decor has a consensus price target of $109.24, indicating a potential downside of 6.59%. Given Floor & Decor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Builders FirstSource is more favorable than Floor & Decor.
Summary
Builders FirstSource beats Floor & Decor on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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