IAC vs. GFF, WOR, BATRA, FSS, VGR, FBYD, IEP, ITT, SPLP, and LXU
Should you be buying IAC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IAC include Griffon (GFF), Worthington Enterprises (WOR), Atlanta Braves (BATRA), Federal Signal (FSS), Vector Group (VGR), Falcon's Beyond Global (FBYD), Icahn Enterprises (IEP), ITT (ITT), Steel Partners (SPLP), and LSB Industries (LXU). These companies are all part of the "multi-sector conglomerates" sector.
IAC (NASDAQ:IAC) and Griffon (NYSE:GFF) are both mid-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
IAC has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Griffon has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
IAC received 809 more outperform votes than Griffon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.13% of users gave IAC an outperform vote while only 64.80% of users gave Griffon an outperform vote.
88.9% of IAC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.2% of Griffon shares are held by institutional investors. 13.6% of IAC shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.1% of Griffon shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
IAC has higher revenue and earnings than Griffon. IAC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Griffon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
IAC has a net margin of 6.09% compared to Griffon's net margin of 2.65%. Griffon's return on equity of 72.80% beat IAC's return on equity.
IAC currently has a consensus target price of $78.69, suggesting a potential upside of 61.85%. Griffon has a consensus target price of $69.50, suggesting a potential upside of 1.80%. Given IAC's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe IAC is more favorable than Griffon.
In the previous week, IAC had 6 more articles in the media than Griffon. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for IAC and 3 mentions for Griffon. Griffon's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat IAC's score of 0.07 indicating that Griffon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
IAC beats Griffon on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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