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.
James Hardie Industries (NYSE:JHX) and TopBuild (NYSE:BLD) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk and media sentiment.
James Hardie Industries has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TopBuild has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its stock price is 67% 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.
8.0% of James Hardie Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.7% of TopBuild shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of TopBuild shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
James Hardie Industries has a net margin of 12.96% compared to James Hardie Industries' net margin of 12.11%. TopBuild's return on equity of 38.97% beat James Hardie Industries' return on equity.
James Hardie Industries currently has a consensus target price of $35.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.77%. TopBuild has a consensus target price of $420.90, suggesting a potential upside of 4.43%. Given TopBuild's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe James Hardie Industries is more favorable than TopBuild.
In the previous week, James Hardie Industries had 3 more articles in the media than TopBuild. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for James Hardie Industries and 4 mentions for TopBuild. James Hardie Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat TopBuild's score of 0.10 indicating that TopBuild is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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