AAON (AAON) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, LII or AAON?

Lennox International has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AAON has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in LII or AAON?

67.1% of Lennox International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.8% of AAON shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.7% of Lennox International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.7% of AAON shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is LII or AAON a better dividend stock?

Lennox International pays an annual dividend of $5.20 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 0.5%. Lennox International pays out 23.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AAON pays out 21.1% 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 16 consecutive years and AAON has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Lennox International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has better 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	$5.34B	4.10	$806.90M	$22.44	27.53
AAON	$1.20B	5.21	$168.56M	$1.90	40.44

Do analysts rate LII or AAON?

Lennox International presently has a consensus price target of $595.23, indicating a potential downside of 3.65%. AAON has a consensus price target of $111.50, indicating a potential upside of 45.13%. Given AAON's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
AAON	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20

Is LII or AAON more profitable?

Lennox International has a net margin of 14.96% compared to AAON's net margin of 12.60%. Lennox International's return on equity of 106.05% beat AAON's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lennox International	14.96%	106.05%	23.90%
AAON	12.60%	20.23%	14.23%

Does the media prefer LII or AAON?

In the previous week, Lennox International and Lennox International both had 9 articles in the media. AAON's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Lennox International's score of 0.70 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AAON	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Lennox International and AAON tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.