American Woodmark (AMWD) Competitors

American Woodmark (NASDAQ:AMWD) and Griffon (NYSE:GFF) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, AMWD or GFF?

Griffon has higher revenue and earnings than American Woodmark. American Woodmark is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Griffon, 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
American Woodmark	$1.76B	0.48	$116.22M	$6.46	8.90
Griffon	$2.55B	1.26	$209.90M	$4.83	14.12

Is AMWD or GFF more profitable?

Griffon has a net margin of 9.13% compared to American Woodmark's net margin of 5.90%. Griffon's return on equity of 120.61% beat American Woodmark's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Woodmark	5.90%	12.70%	7.21%
Griffon	9.13%	120.61%	11.15%

Which has more risk and volatility, AMWD or GFF?

American Woodmark has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Griffon has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend AMWD or GFF?

American Woodmark currently has a consensus price target of $101.00, suggesting a potential upside of 75.68%. Griffon has a consensus price target of $98.20, suggesting a potential upside of 43.97%. Given American Woodmark's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe American Woodmark is more favorable than Griffon.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
American Woodmark	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Griffon	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.40

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in AMWD or GFF?

95.5% of American Woodmark shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.2% of Griffon shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of American Woodmark shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of Griffon shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor AMWD or GFF?

In the previous week, American Woodmark had 1 more articles in the media than Griffon. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for American Woodmark and 9 mentions for Griffon. Griffon's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat American Woodmark's score of 1.03 indicating that Griffon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
American Woodmark	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Griffon	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AMWD or GFF?

American Woodmark received 101 more outperform votes than Griffon when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.00% of users gave Griffon an outperform vote while only 59.61% of users gave American Woodmark an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
American Woodmark	Outperform Votes 369 59.61%	Underperform Votes 250 40.39%
Griffon	Outperform Votes 268 67.00%	Underperform Votes 132 33.00%

Summary

Griffon beats American Woodmark on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.