AWI vs. AZEK, KBH, LPX, BCC, THO, GTES, RYN, SKY, MTH, and KNF
Should you be buying Armstrong World Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Armstrong World Industries include AZEK (AZEK), KB Home (KBH), Louisiana-Pacific (LPX), Boise Cascade (BCC), THOR Industries (THO), Gates Industrial (GTES), Rayonier (RYN), Skyline Champion (SKY), Meritage Homes (MTH), and Knife River (KNF). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
AZEK (NYSE:AZEK) and Armstrong World Industries (NYSE:AWI) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Armstrong World Industries received 475 more outperform votes than AZEK when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.10% of users gave Armstrong World Industries an outperform vote while only 42.76% of users gave AZEK an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Armstrong World Industries had 23 more articles in the media than AZEK. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Armstrong World Industries and 3 mentions for AZEK. Armstrong World Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat AZEK's score of 0.67 indicating that AZEK is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Armstrong World Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AZEK. Armstrong World Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AZEK, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AZEK currently has a consensus price target of $44.11, indicating a potential downside of 3.34%. Armstrong World Industries has a consensus price target of $110.17, indicating a potential downside of 4.39%. Given Armstrong World Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe AZEK is more favorable than Armstrong World Industries.
Armstrong World Industries has a net margin of 18.03% compared to Armstrong World Industries' net margin of 8.57%. AZEK's return on equity of 41.81% beat Armstrong World Industries' return on equity.
97.4% of AZEK shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of Armstrong World Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of AZEK shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Armstrong World Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
AZEK has a beta of 1.92, suggesting that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Armstrong World Industries has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
AZEK and Armstrong World Industries tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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