Apogee Enterprises (APOG) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer APOG or GFF?

Apogee Enterprises currently has a consensus price target of $45.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.01%. Griffon has a consensus price target of $98.20, indicating a potential upside of 26.11%. Given Griffon's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Griffon is more favorable than Apogee Enterprises.

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, APOG or GFF?

Griffon has higher revenue and earnings than Apogee Enterprises. Griffon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Apogee Enterprises, 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	0.68	$85.05M	$2.34	18.49
Griffon	$2.62B	1.40	$209.90M	$4.83	16.12

Is APOG or GFF more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Apogee Enterprises	3.73%	17.79%	8.02%
Griffon	9.06%	114.46%	10.83%

Do institutionals and 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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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 2.4%. Griffon pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Apogee Enterprises pays out 44.4% 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 raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Griffon has raised 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.

Does the media prefer APOG or GFF?

In the previous week, Apogee Enterprises had 17 more articles in the media than Griffon. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Apogee Enterprises and 2 mentions for Griffon. Griffon's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Apogee Enterprises' score of 0.09 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Griffon	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, APOG or GFF?

Apogee Enterprises has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Griffon has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Griffon beats Apogee Enterprises on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.