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).
Floor & Decor (NYSE:FND) and Builders FirstSource (NYSE:BLDR) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Builders FirstSource had 16 more articles in the media than Floor & Decor. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Builders FirstSource and 5 mentions for Floor & Decor. Floor & Decor's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Builders FirstSource's score of 0.77 indicating that Floor & Decor is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Floor & Decor has a beta of 1.78, meaning that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Builders FirstSource has a beta of 2.08, meaning that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Builders FirstSource has a net margin of 8.57% compared to Floor & Decor's net margin of 5.11%. Builders FirstSource's return on equity of 38.66% beat Floor & Decor's return on equity.
Floor & Decor currently has a consensus target price of $109.24, indicating a potential downside of 6.59%. Builders FirstSource has a consensus target price of $195.13, indicating a potential upside of 33.40%. Given Builders FirstSource's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Builders FirstSource is more favorable than Floor & Decor.
95.5% of Builders FirstSource shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Floor & Decor shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Builders FirstSource shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Summary
Builders FirstSource beats Floor & Decor on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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