GFF vs. IAC, WOR, BATRA, FSS, VGR, FBYD, IEP, ITT, SPLP, and NPK
Should you be buying Griffon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Griffon include IAC (IAC), 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 National Presto Industries (NPK). 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 business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and earnings.
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.
In the previous week, IAC had 7 more articles in the media than Griffon. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for IAC and 3 mentions for Griffon. IAC's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat Griffon's score of 0.04 indicating that Griffon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
IAC has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Griffon has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 presently 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 Griffon's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe IAC is more favorable than Griffon.
IAC has a net margin of 6.09% compared to IAC's net margin of 2.65%. IAC's return on equity of 72.80% beat Griffon's return on equity.
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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
IAC beats Griffon on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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