WY vs. ROL, NVR, PHM, WSO, EME, WSO.B, LII, OC, MAS, and RPM
Should you be buying Weyerhaeuser stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Weyerhaeuser include Rollins (ROL), NVR (NVR), PulteGroup (PHM), Watsco (WSO), EMCOR Group (EME), Watsco (WSO.B), Lennox International (LII), Owens Corning (OC), Masco (MAS), and RPM International (RPM). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Weyerhaeuser (NYSE:WY) and Rollins (NYSE:ROL) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking and earnings.
Rollins has a net margin of 13.94% compared to Weyerhaeuser's net margin of 10.57%. Rollins' return on equity of 37.73% beat Weyerhaeuser's return on equity.
83.0% of Weyerhaeuser shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.8% of Rollins shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Weyerhaeuser shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Rollins shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Weyerhaeuser has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rollins has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Weyerhaeuser pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Rollins pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Weyerhaeuser pays out 72.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Rollins pays out 67.4% 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.
In the previous week, Rollins had 16 more articles in the media than Weyerhaeuser. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Rollins and 5 mentions for Weyerhaeuser. Weyerhaeuser's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Rollins' score of 0.43 indicating that Weyerhaeuser is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Weyerhaeuser presently has a consensus target price of $37.67, indicating a potential upside of 25.14%. Rollins has a consensus target price of $47.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.38%. Given Weyerhaeuser's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Weyerhaeuser is more favorable than Rollins.
Weyerhaeuser has higher revenue and earnings than Rollins. Weyerhaeuser is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rollins, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Weyerhaeuser received 234 more outperform votes than Rollins when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.80% of users gave Weyerhaeuser an outperform vote while only 62.02% of users gave Rollins an outperform vote.
Summary
Weyerhaeuser and Rollins tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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