UFPI vs. ALTR, SSD, SUM, FLR, AZEK, AYI, LPX, EXP, CHX, and MTH
Should you be buying UFP Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UFP Industries include Altair Engineering (ALTR), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), Summit Materials (SUM), Fluor (FLR), AZEK (AZEK), Acuity Brands (AYI), Louisiana-Pacific (LPX), Eagle Materials (EXP), ChampionX (CHX), and Meritage Homes (MTH). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
UFP Industries (NASDAQ:UFPI) and Altair Engineering (NASDAQ:ALTR) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and risk.
UFP Industries currently has a consensus target price of $116.50, suggesting a potential downside of 1.72%. Altair Engineering has a consensus target price of $94.60, suggesting a potential upside of 3.66%. Given Altair Engineering's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Altair Engineering is more favorable than UFP Industries.
81.8% of UFP Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.4% of Altair Engineering shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of UFP Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.8% of Altair Engineering shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
UFP Industries has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Altair Engineering has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, UFP Industries had 1 more articles in the media than Altair Engineering. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for UFP Industries and 14 mentions for Altair Engineering. Altair Engineering's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat UFP Industries' score of 0.27 indicating that Altair Engineering is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
UFP Industries has a net margin of 7.24% compared to Altair Engineering's net margin of 1.55%. UFP Industries' return on equity of 17.07% beat Altair Engineering's return on equity.
UFP Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Altair Engineering. UFP Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Altair Engineering, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Altair Engineering received 269 more outperform votes than UFP Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.92% of users gave UFP Industries an outperform vote while only 58.61% of users gave Altair Engineering an outperform vote.
Summary
UFP Industries beats Altair Engineering on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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