OC vs. BLDR, LII, MAS, AOS, TREX, UFPI, SSD, AAON, AWI, and GFF
Should you be buying Owens Corning stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Owens Corning include Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Lennox International (LII), Masco (MAS), A. O. Smith (AOS), Trex (TREX), UFP Industries (UFPI), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), AAON (AAON), Armstrong World Industries (AWI), and Griffon (GFF). These companies are all part of the "building products" industry.
Owens Corning (NYSE:OC) and Builders FirstSource (NYSE:BLDR) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Owens Corning had 11 more articles in the media than Builders FirstSource. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Owens Corning and 10 mentions for Builders FirstSource. Builders FirstSource's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Owens Corning's score of 0.89 indicating that Builders FirstSource is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Owens Corning received 192 more outperform votes than Builders FirstSource when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.88% of users gave Builders FirstSource an outperform vote while only 63.48% of users gave Owens Corning an outperform vote.
88.4% of Owens Corning shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Builders FirstSource shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Owens Corning shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Builders FirstSource shares are held 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.
Builders FirstSource has higher revenue and earnings than Owens Corning. Builders FirstSource is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Owens Corning, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Owens Corning has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Builders FirstSource has a beta of 2.08, meaning that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Owens Corning presently has a consensus price target of $172.07, suggesting a potential downside of 3.25%. Builders FirstSource has a consensus price target of $196.27, suggesting a potential upside of 20.64%. Given Builders FirstSource's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Builders FirstSource is more favorable than Owens Corning.
Owens Corning has a net margin of 11.53% compared to Builders FirstSource's net margin of 8.57%. Builders FirstSource's return on equity of 38.66% beat Owens Corning's return on equity.
Summary
Builders FirstSource beats Owens Corning on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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