BECN vs. BCC, GMS, ANF, W, NSIT, SFM, AN, GLBE, LAD, and MNSO
Should you be buying Beacon Roofing Supply stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Beacon Roofing Supply include Boise Cascade (BCC), GMS (GMS), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Wayfair (W), Insight Enterprises (NSIT), Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM), AutoNation (AN), Global-E Online (GLBE), Lithia Motors (LAD), and MINISO Group (MNSO).
Boise Cascade (NYSE:BCC) and Beacon Roofing Supply (NASDAQ:BECN) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.
Boise Cascade has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Beacon Roofing Supply. Beacon Roofing Supply is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boise Cascade, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Beacon Roofing Supply had 8 more articles in the media than Boise Cascade. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Beacon Roofing Supply and 15 mentions for Boise Cascade. Beacon Roofing Supply's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Boise Cascade's score of 0.52 indicating that Boise Cascade is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Boise Cascade presently has a consensus target price of $125.00, suggesting a potential downside of 8.12%. Beacon Roofing Supply has a consensus target price of $104.33, suggesting a potential upside of 8.81%. Given Boise Cascade's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Beacon Roofing Supply is more favorable than Boise Cascade.
96.2% of Boise Cascade shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of Beacon Roofing Supply shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Boise Cascade shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Beacon Roofing Supply shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Boise Cascade has a net margin of 7.07% compared to Boise Cascade's net margin of 4.47%. Boise Cascade's return on equity of 26.31% beat Beacon Roofing Supply's return on equity.
Beacon Roofing Supply received 159 more outperform votes than Boise Cascade when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.84% of users gave Beacon Roofing Supply an outperform vote while only 58.47% of users gave Boise Cascade an outperform vote.
Boise Cascade has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beacon Roofing Supply has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Beacon Roofing Supply beats Boise Cascade on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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