TREX vs. LPX, EXP, KBR, FIX, AYI, FND, CX, AAON, SSD, and WMS
Should you be buying Trex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Trex include Louisiana-Pacific (LPX), Eagle Materials (EXP), KBR (KBR), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), Acuity Brands (AYI), Floor & Decor (FND), CEMEX (CX), AAON (AAON), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), and Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Trex (NYSE:TREX) and Louisiana-Pacific (NYSE:LPX) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and earnings.
In the previous week, Trex had 1 more articles in the media than Louisiana-Pacific. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Trex and 4 mentions for Louisiana-Pacific. Louisiana-Pacific's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Trex's score of 0.49 indicating that Louisiana-Pacific is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Trex presently has a consensus target price of $88.72, indicating a potential downside of 2.00%. Louisiana-Pacific has a consensus target price of $73.71, indicating a potential downside of 1.15%. Given Louisiana-Pacific's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Louisiana-Pacific is more favorable than Trex.
Trex has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Louisiana-Pacific has a beta of 1.84, indicating that its share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Trex has a net margin of 18.76% compared to Louisiana-Pacific's net margin of 6.90%. Trex's return on equity of 31.26% beat Louisiana-Pacific's return on equity.
96.0% of Trex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.7% of Louisiana-Pacific shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Trex shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Louisiana-Pacific shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Trex has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Louisiana-Pacific. Louisiana-Pacific is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Trex received 95 more outperform votes than Louisiana-Pacific when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.11% of users gave Louisiana-Pacific an outperform vote while only 55.48% of users gave Trex an outperform vote.
Summary
Trex beats Louisiana-Pacific on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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