BXC vs. HOV, BZH, LOMA, NX, AGX, VSEC, TPC, ASPN, NOA, and CINT
Should you be buying BlueLinx stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlueLinx include Hovnanian Enterprises (HOV), Beazer Homes USA (BZH), Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima (LOMA), Quanex Building Products (NX), Argan (AGX), VSE (VSEC), Tutor Perini (TPC), Aspen Aerogels (ASPN), North American Construction Group (NOA), and CI&T (CINT). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
BlueLinx (NYSE:BXC) and Hovnanian Enterprises (NYSE:HOV) are both small-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.
BlueLinx has a beta of 1.96, meaning that its stock price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hovnanian Enterprises has a beta of 2.62, meaning that its stock price is 162% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hovnanian Enterprises has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BlueLinx. Hovnanian Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BlueLinx, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
90.8% of BlueLinx shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.4% of Hovnanian Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of BlueLinx shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of Hovnanian Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, BlueLinx had 11 more articles in the media than Hovnanian Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for BlueLinx and 3 mentions for Hovnanian Enterprises. Hovnanian Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat BlueLinx's score of 0.35 indicating that Hovnanian Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hovnanian Enterprises received 69 more outperform votes than BlueLinx when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.07% of users gave BlueLinx an outperform vote while only 54.56% of users gave Hovnanian Enterprises an outperform vote.
BlueLinx presently has a consensus target price of $130.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.78%. Given BlueLinx's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BlueLinx is more favorable than Hovnanian Enterprises.
Hovnanian Enterprises has a net margin of 7.45% compared to BlueLinx's net margin of 1.57%. Hovnanian Enterprises' return on equity of 58.22% beat BlueLinx's return on equity.
Summary
Hovnanian Enterprises beats BlueLinx on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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