APOG vs. AWI, GFF, PATK, ROCK, AMWD, NX, IIIN, BLDR, LII, and OC
Should you be buying Apogee Enterprises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Apogee Enterprises include Armstrong World Industries (AWI), Griffon (GFF), Patrick Industries (PATK), Gibraltar Industries (ROCK), American Woodmark (AMWD), Quanex Building Products (NX), Insteel Industries (IIIN), Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Lennox International (LII), and Owens Corning (OC). These companies are all part of the "building products" industry.
Armstrong World Industries (NYSE:AWI) and Apogee Enterprises (NASDAQ:APOG) are both construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Armstrong World Industries received 240 more outperform votes than Apogee Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.10% of users gave Armstrong World Industries an outperform vote while only 61.49% of users gave Apogee Enterprises an outperform vote.
Armstrong World Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Apogee Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Armstrong World Industries pays out 21.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Apogee Enterprises pays out 22.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Armstrong World Industries has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Apogee Enterprises has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Apogee Enterprises is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Armstrong World Industries currently has a consensus price target of $110.17, suggesting a potential downside of 4.68%. Apogee Enterprises has a consensus price target of $50.00, suggesting a potential downside of 23.87%. Given Apogee Enterprises' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Armstrong World Industries is more favorable than Apogee Enterprises.
Armstrong World Industries has a net margin of 18.03% compared to Armstrong World Industries' net margin of 7.03%. Apogee Enterprises' return on equity of 41.81% beat Armstrong World Industries' return on equity.
In the previous week, Apogee Enterprises had 1 more articles in the media than Armstrong World Industries. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Apogee Enterprises and 5 mentions for Armstrong World Industries. Apogee Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Armstrong World Industries' score of 0.87 indicating that Armstrong World Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Armstrong World Industries has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apogee Enterprises has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Armstrong World Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Apogee Enterprises. Apogee Enterprises 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.
98.9% of Armstrong World Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.1% of Apogee Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Armstrong World Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Apogee Enterprises 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.
Summary
Armstrong World Industries beats Apogee Enterprises on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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