AAON vs. LII, MAS, BLDR, OC, AOS, AWI, SSD, UFPI, TREX, and GFF
Should you be buying AAON stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AAON include Lennox International (LII), Masco (MAS), Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Owens Corning (OC), A. O. Smith (AOS), Armstrong World Industries (AWI), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), UFP Industries (UFPI), Trex (TREX), and Griffon (GFF). These companies are all part of the "building products" industry.
AAON vs.
AAON (NASDAQ:AAON) and Lennox International (NYSE:LII) are both construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
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 46.85% of users gave Lennox International an outperform vote.
70.8% of AAON shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.1% of Lennox International shares are held by institutional investors. 18.7% of AAON shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Lennox International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
AAON pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Lennox International pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. AAON pays out 21.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lennox International pays out 23.2% 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. AAON has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Lennox International has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years. Lennox International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
AAON presently has a consensus target price of $115.50, suggesting a potential upside of 47.02%. Lennox International has a consensus target price of $583.71, suggesting a potential upside of 5.22%. Given AAON's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AAON is more favorable than Lennox International.
In the previous week, AAON had 20 more articles in the media than Lennox International. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for AAON and 2 mentions for Lennox International. Lennox International's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat AAON's score of 0.56 indicating that Lennox International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
AAON has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lennox International has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
AAON and Lennox International tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:AAON) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
