APOG vs. GFF, PATK, ROCK, NX, AMWD, IIIN, LII, MAS, BLDR, and OC
Should you be buying Apogee Enterprises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Apogee Enterprises include Griffon (GFF), Patrick Industries (PATK), Gibraltar Industries (ROCK), Quanex Building Products (NX), American Woodmark (AMWD), Insteel Industries (IIIN), Lennox International (LII), Masco (MAS), Builders FirstSource (BLDR), and Owens Corning (OC). These companies are all part of the "building products" industry.
Apogee Enterprises vs. Its Competitors
Apogee Enterprises (NASDAQ:APOG) and Griffon (NYSE:GFF) are both building products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment and earnings.
Griffon has higher revenue and earnings than Apogee Enterprises. Apogee Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Griffon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
94.1% of Apogee Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.2% of Griffon shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Apogee Enterprises 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, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Apogee Enterprises had 34 more articles in the media than Griffon. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Apogee Enterprises and 4 mentions for Griffon. Apogee Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Griffon's score of 0.39 indicating that Apogee Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Griffon has a net margin of 9.06% compared to Apogee Enterprises' net margin of 3.73%. Griffon's return on equity of 114.46% beat Apogee Enterprises' return on equity.
Apogee Enterprises presently has a consensus target price of $45.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.62%. Griffon has a consensus target price of $98.20, indicating a potential upside of 29.13%. Given Griffon's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Griffon is more favorable than Apogee Enterprises.
Apogee Enterprises has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Griffon has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Apogee Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Griffon pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Apogee Enterprises pays out 26.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Griffon pays out 14.9% 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. Apogee Enterprises has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Griffon has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Apogee Enterprises is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Griffon beats Apogee Enterprises on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:APOG) was last updated on 7/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
