BECN vs. BCC, GMS, ANF, W, NSIT, SFM, AN, GLBE, LAD, and MNSO
Should you be buying Beacon Roofing Supply stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Beacon Roofing Supply include Boise Cascade (BCC), GMS (GMS), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Wayfair (W), Insight Enterprises (NSIT), Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM), AutoNation (AN), Global-E Online (GLBE), Lithia Motors (LAD), and MINISO Group (MNSO).
Beacon Roofing Supply (NASDAQ:BECN) and Boise Cascade (NYSE:BCC) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and dividends.
98.5% of Beacon Roofing Supply shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.2% of Boise Cascade shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Beacon Roofing Supply shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Boise Cascade shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Beacon Roofing Supply received 159 more outperform votes than Boise Cascade when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.84% of users gave Beacon Roofing Supply an outperform vote while only 58.47% of users gave Boise Cascade an outperform vote.
Beacon Roofing Supply has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boise Cascade has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Boise Cascade has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Beacon Roofing Supply. Beacon Roofing Supply is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boise Cascade, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Beacon Roofing Supply had 3 more articles in the media than Boise Cascade. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Beacon Roofing Supply and 15 mentions for Boise Cascade. Boise Cascade's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Beacon Roofing Supply's score of 0.55 indicating that Boise Cascade is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Boise Cascade has a net margin of 7.07% compared to Beacon Roofing Supply's net margin of 4.47%. Beacon Roofing Supply's return on equity of 26.31% beat Boise Cascade's return on equity.
Beacon Roofing Supply currently has a consensus target price of $104.33, suggesting a potential upside of 8.81%. Boise Cascade has a consensus target price of $125.00, suggesting a potential downside of 8.12%. Given Beacon Roofing Supply's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Beacon Roofing Supply is more favorable than Boise Cascade.
Summary
Beacon Roofing Supply beats Boise Cascade on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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