RYN vs. PCH, KNF, SKY, GTES, DY, KBH, AWI, ACA, BCC, and LPX
Should you be buying Rayonier stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rayonier include PotlatchDeltic (PCH), Knife River (KNF), Skyline Champion (SKY), Gates Industrial (GTES), Dycom Industries (DY), KB Home (KBH), Armstrong World Industries (AWI), Arcosa (ACA), Boise Cascade (BCC), and Louisiana-Pacific (LPX). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Rayonier (NYSE:RYN) and PotlatchDeltic (NASDAQ:PCH) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation and media sentiment.
Rayonier presently has a consensus target price of $34.50, suggesting a potential upside of 15.15%. PotlatchDeltic has a consensus target price of $50.67, suggesting a potential upside of 18.13%. Given PotlatchDeltic's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe PotlatchDeltic is more favorable than Rayonier.
Rayonier has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PotlatchDeltic has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Rayonier has higher revenue and earnings than PotlatchDeltic. Rayonier is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PotlatchDeltic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Rayonier pays an annual dividend of $1.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. PotlatchDeltic pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Rayonier pays out 101.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. PotlatchDeltic pays out 315.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Rayonier received 21 more outperform votes than PotlatchDeltic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.33% of users gave Rayonier an outperform vote while only 53.13% of users gave PotlatchDeltic an outperform vote.
Rayonier has a net margin of 15.92% compared to PotlatchDeltic's net margin of 4.58%. Rayonier's return on equity of 3.21% beat PotlatchDeltic's return on equity.
In the previous week, Rayonier had 8 more articles in the media than PotlatchDeltic. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Rayonier and 8 mentions for PotlatchDeltic. PotlatchDeltic's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Rayonier's score of 0.61 indicating that PotlatchDeltic is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
89.1% of Rayonier shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.1% of PotlatchDeltic shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Rayonier shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of PotlatchDeltic shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Rayonier beats PotlatchDeltic on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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