Apogee Enterprises (APOG) Competitors

Apogee Enterprises (NASDAQ:APOG) and Griffon (NYSE:GFF) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in APOG or GFF?

Apogee Enterprises received 41 more outperform votes than Griffon when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.83% of users gave Griffon an outperform vote while only 61.65% of users gave Apogee Enterprises an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Apogee Enterprises	Outperform Votes 307 61.65%	Underperform Votes 191 38.35%
Griffon	Outperform Votes 266 66.83%	Underperform Votes 132 33.17%

Is APOG or GFF more profitable?

Griffon has a net margin of 9.13% compared to Apogee Enterprises' net margin of 7.14%. Griffon's return on equity of 120.61% beat Apogee Enterprises' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Apogee Enterprises	7.14%	23.14%	11.84%
Griffon	9.13%	120.61%	11.15%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, APOG or GFF?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Apogee Enterprises	$1.36B	0.64	$99.61M	$3.88	10.22
Griffon	$2.61B	1.25	$209.90M	$4.90	13.90

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of APOG or GFF?

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 insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of Griffon shares are owned by 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 rate APOG or GFF?

Apogee Enterprises presently has a consensus price target of $62.00, indicating a potential upside of 56.29%. Griffon has a consensus price target of $97.20, indicating a potential upside of 42.73%. Given Apogee Enterprises' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Apogee Enterprises is more favorable than Griffon.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Apogee Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Griffon	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.40

Does the media prefer APOG or GFF?

In the previous week, Apogee Enterprises had 10 more articles in the media than Griffon. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Apogee Enterprises and 9 mentions for Griffon. Griffon's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Apogee Enterprises' score of 0.20 indicating that Griffon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Apogee Enterprises	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Griffon	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, APOG or GFF?

Apogee Enterprises has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Griffon has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is APOG or GFF a better dividend stock?

Apogee Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Griffon pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Apogee Enterprises pays out 26.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Griffon pays out 14.7% 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. 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 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.