AAON vs. LII, AYI, SSD, MTZ, UFPI, FLR, EXP, SUM, AZEK, and KBR
Should you be buying AAON stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AAON include Lennox International (LII), Acuity Brands (AYI), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), MasTec (MTZ), UFP Industries (UFPI), Fluor (FLR), Eagle Materials (EXP), Summit Materials (SUM), AZEK (AZEK), and KBR (KBR). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Lennox International (NYSE:LII) and AAON (NASDAQ:AAON) are both construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk and dividends.
Lennox International pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. AAON pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Lennox International pays out 25.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AAON pays out 14.9% 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. Lennox International has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Lennox International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Lennox International has higher revenue and earnings than AAON. Lennox International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AAON, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lennox International currently has a consensus price target of $482.31, suggesting a potential upside of 5.14%. AAON has a consensus price target of $51.11, suggesting a potential downside of 34.81%. Given AAON's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lennox International is more favorable than AAON.
67.1% of Lennox International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.8% of AAON shares are held by institutional investors. 10.4% of Lennox International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.6% of AAON shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Lennox International has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AAON has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Lennox International received 150 more outperform votes than AAON when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.01% of users gave AAON an outperform vote while only 47.70% of users gave Lennox International an outperform vote.
AAON has a net margin of 15.44% compared to AAON's net margin of 12.38%. AAON's return on equity of 303.36% beat Lennox International's return on equity.
In the previous week, AAON had 9 more articles in the media than Lennox International. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for AAON and 13 mentions for Lennox International. Lennox International's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat AAON's score of -0.01 indicating that AAON is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Lennox International beats AAON on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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