AAON (AAON) Competitors

Lennox International (NYSE:LII) and AAON (NASDAQ:AAON) are both construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Is LII or AAON more profitable?

AAON has a net margin of 15.78% compared to Lennox International's net margin of 15.11%. Lennox International's return on equity of 126.79% beat AAON's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lennox International	15.11%	126.79%	24.89%
AAON	15.78%	24.98%	19.40%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LII or AAON?

Lennox International received 153 more outperform votes than AAON when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.66% of users gave AAON an outperform vote while only 46.90% of users gave Lennox International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lennox International	Outperform Votes 394 46.90%	Underperform Votes 446 53.10%
AAON	Outperform Votes 241 55.66%	Underperform Votes 192 44.34%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in LII or AAON?

67.1% of Lennox International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.8% of AAON shares are held by institutional investors. 10.4% of Lennox International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.7% of AAON shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, LII or AAON?

Lennox International has higher revenue and earnings than AAON. Lennox International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AAON, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lennox International	$5.37B	3.61	$806.90M	$22.44	24.34
AAON	$1.20B	6.18	$177.62M	$2.01	45.41

Does the media favor LII or AAON?

In the previous week, Lennox International had 18 more articles in the media than AAON. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Lennox International and 16 mentions for AAON. AAON's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Lennox International's score of 0.19 indicating that AAON is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lennox International	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
AAON	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend LII or AAON?

Lennox International currently has a consensus price target of $577.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.63%. AAON has a consensus price target of $115.50, suggesting a potential upside of 26.55%. Given AAON's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AAON is more favorable than Lennox International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lennox International	4 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.07
AAON	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is LII or AAON a better dividend stock?

Lennox International pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. AAON pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Lennox International pays out 20.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AAON pays out 19.9% 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. Lennox International has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Lennox International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, LII or AAON?

Lennox International has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AAON has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Lennox International and AAON tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.