American Woodmark (AMWD) Competitors

Patrick Industries (NASDAQ:PATK) and American Woodmark (NASDAQ:AMWD) are both construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Which has more risk & volatility, PATK or AMWD?

Patrick Industries has a beta of 2, indicating that its share price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Woodmark has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, PATK or AMWD?

Patrick Industries has higher revenue and earnings than American Woodmark. American Woodmark is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Patrick Industries, 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
Patrick Industries	$3.79B	0.80	$138.40M	$4.17	21.74
American Woodmark	$1.71B	0.48	$116.22M	$6.48	8.52

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PATK or AMWD?

American Woodmark received 35 more outperform votes than Patrick Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.80% of users gave Patrick Industries an outperform vote while only 59.74% of users gave American Woodmark an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Patrick Industries	Outperform Votes 336 62.80%	Underperform Votes 199 37.20%
American Woodmark	Outperform Votes 371 59.74%	Underperform Votes 250 40.26%

Does the media favor PATK or AMWD?

In the previous week, Patrick Industries had 7 more articles in the media than American Woodmark. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Patrick Industries and 3 mentions for American Woodmark. Patrick Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat American Woodmark's score of 1.21 indicating that Patrick Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Patrick Industries	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
American Woodmark	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PATK or AMWD more profitable?

American Woodmark has a net margin of 5.90% compared to Patrick Industries' net margin of 3.72%. Patrick Industries' return on equity of 13.25% beat American Woodmark's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Patrick Industries	3.72%	13.25%	4.80%
American Woodmark	5.90%	12.70%	7.21%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PATK or AMWD?

93.3% of Patrick Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of American Woodmark shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of Patrick Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of American Woodmark shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend PATK or AMWD?

Patrick Industries presently has a consensus target price of $95.67, indicating a potential upside of 5.55%. American Woodmark has a consensus target price of $83.33, indicating a potential upside of 50.91%. Given American Woodmark's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe American Woodmark is more favorable than Patrick Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Patrick Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
American Woodmark	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Summary

Patrick Industries beats American Woodmark on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.