FND vs. CX, WMS, TOL, FIX, ACM, BLD, RPM, OC, KBR, and EXP
Should you be buying Floor & Decor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Floor & Decor include CEMEX (CX), Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS), Toll Brothers (TOL), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), AECOM (ACM), TopBuild (BLD), RPM International (RPM), Owens Corning (OC), KBR (KBR), and Eagle Materials (EXP). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Floor & Decor (NYSE:FND) and CEMEX (NYSE:CX) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Floor & Decor has a net margin of 5.11% compared to CEMEX's net margin of 1.28%. Floor & Decor's return on equity of 11.97% beat CEMEX's return on equity.
Floor & Decor currently has a consensus target price of $108.76, suggesting a potential downside of 3.78%. CEMEX has a consensus target price of $9.53, suggesting a potential upside of 19.17%. Given CEMEX's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CEMEX is more favorable than Floor & Decor.
In the previous week, Floor & Decor had 31 more articles in the media than CEMEX. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Floor & Decor and 14 mentions for CEMEX. CEMEX's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Floor & Decor's score of 0.45 indicating that CEMEX is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Floor & Decor has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CEMEX. Floor & Decor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CEMEX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CEMEX received 183 more outperform votes than Floor & Decor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.96% of users gave CEMEX an outperform vote while only 57.77% of users gave Floor & Decor an outperform vote.
Floor & Decor has a beta of 1.86, suggesting that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CEMEX has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
83.0% of CEMEX shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Floor & Decor shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of CEMEX shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Floor & Decor beats CEMEX on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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