GFF vs. AOS, TREX, UFPI, SSD, AAON, AWI, PATK, ROCK, APOG, and AMWD
Should you be buying Griffon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Griffon include A. O. Smith (AOS), Trex (TREX), UFP Industries (UFPI), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), AAON (AAON), Armstrong World Industries (AWI), Patrick Industries (PATK), Gibraltar Industries (ROCK), Apogee Enterprises (APOG), and American Woodmark (AMWD). These companies are all part of the "building products" industry.
A. O. Smith (NYSE:AOS) and Griffon (NYSE:GFF) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
A. O. Smith has a net margin of 14.94% compared to A. O. Smith's net margin of 7.48%. A. O. Smith's return on equity of 90.02% beat Griffon's return on equity.
A. O. Smith has higher revenue and earnings than Griffon. Griffon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than A. O. Smith, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
A. O. Smith has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Griffon has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
A. O. Smith currently has a consensus price target of $90.67, indicating a potential upside of 11.82%. Griffon has a consensus price target of $81.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.55%. Given A. O. Smith's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Griffon is more favorable than A. O. Smith.
76.1% of A. O. Smith shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.2% of Griffon shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of A. O. Smith shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.1% of Griffon shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
A. O. Smith received 214 more outperform votes than Griffon when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.99% of users gave Griffon an outperform vote while only 62.28% of users gave A. O. Smith an outperform vote.
A. O. Smith pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Griffon pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. A. O. Smith pays out 33.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Griffon pays out 15.8% 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. Griffon has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Griffon had 1 more articles in the media than A. O. Smith. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Griffon and 5 mentions for A. O. Smith. Griffon's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat A. O. Smith's score of 1.37 indicating that A. O. Smith is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
A. O. Smith and Griffon tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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