LOMA vs. AGX, BZH, HOV, BXC, NX, NOA, CINT, LMB, ASPN, and GLDD
Should you be buying Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima include Argan (AGX), Beazer Homes USA (BZH), Hovnanian Enterprises (HOV), BlueLinx (BXC), Quanex Building Products (NX), North American Construction Group (NOA), CI&T (CINT), Limbach (LMB), Aspen Aerogels (ASPN), and Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Argan (NYSE:AGX) and Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:LOMA) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.
Argan received 69 more outperform votes than Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.32% of users gave Argan an outperform vote while only 62.18% of users gave Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima an outperform vote.
Argan has a net margin of 5.64% compared to Argan's net margin of 1.58%. Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima's return on equity of 11.37% beat Argan's return on equity.
Argan has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
79.4% of Argan shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.3% of Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima shares are held by institutional investors. 11.9% of Argan shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima had 3 more articles in the media than Argan. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima and 3 mentions for Argan. Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Argan's score of 0.00 indicating that Argan is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima has higher revenue and earnings than Argan. Argan is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Argan currently has a consensus target price of $70.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.23%. Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima has a consensus target price of $6.55, indicating a potential downside of 14.77%. Given Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Argan is more favorable than Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima.
Argan pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima pays an annual dividend of $0.39 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Argan pays out 50.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima pays out 300.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Argan has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Summary
Argan beats Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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