SSD vs. AYI, KBR, AAON, EXP, UFPI, CHX, SUM, FLR, AZEK, and MTZ
Should you be buying Simpson Manufacturing stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Simpson Manufacturing include Acuity Brands (AYI), KBR (KBR), AAON (AAON), Eagle Materials (EXP), UFP Industries (UFPI), ChampionX (CHX), Summit Materials (SUM), Fluor (FLR), AZEK (AZEK), and MasTec (MTZ). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Simpson Manufacturing (NYSE:SSD) and Acuity Brands (NYSE:AYI) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Simpson Manufacturing had 13 more articles in the media than Acuity Brands. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Simpson Manufacturing and 16 mentions for Acuity Brands. Acuity Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Simpson Manufacturing's score of 0.14 indicating that Acuity Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Acuity Brands received 477 more outperform votes than Simpson Manufacturing when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.16% of users gave Acuity Brands an outperform vote while only 57.11% of users gave Simpson Manufacturing an outperform vote.
Simpson Manufacturing currently has a consensus target price of $195.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.32%. Acuity Brands has a consensus target price of $289.25, suggesting a potential upside of 14.71%. Given Acuity Brands' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Acuity Brands is more favorable than Simpson Manufacturing.
Simpson Manufacturing pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Acuity Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Simpson Manufacturing pays out 13.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Acuity Brands pays out 5.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Simpson Manufacturing has a net margin of 15.45% compared to Acuity Brands' net margin of 9.81%. Acuity Brands' return on equity of 21.22% beat Simpson Manufacturing's return on equity.
Simpson Manufacturing has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acuity Brands has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Simpson Manufacturing has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Acuity Brands. Acuity Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Simpson Manufacturing, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
93.7% of Simpson Manufacturing shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.2% of Acuity Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Simpson Manufacturing shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Acuity Brands shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Acuity Brands beats Simpson Manufacturing on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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