CHX vs. AZEK, FLR, MTZ, SUM, ALTR, UFPI, SSD, AAON, TMHC, and MTH
Should you be buying ChampionX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ChampionX include AZEK (AZEK), Fluor (FLR), MasTec (MTZ), Summit Materials (SUM), Altair Engineering (ALTR), UFP Industries (UFPI), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), AAON (AAON), Taylor Morrison Home (TMHC), and Meritage Homes (MTH). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
AZEK (NYSE:AZEK) and ChampionX (NASDAQ:CHX) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, risk and earnings.
AZEK received 37 more outperform votes than ChampionX when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.19% of users gave ChampionX an outperform vote while only 42.76% of users gave AZEK an outperform vote.
ChampionX has higher revenue and earnings than AZEK. ChampionX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AZEK, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AZEK presently has a consensus price target of $44.11, indicating a potential downside of 4.93%. ChampionX has a consensus price target of $40.33, indicating a potential upside of 15.80%. Given AZEK's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ChampionX is more favorable than AZEK.
In the previous week, ChampionX had 2 more articles in the media than AZEK. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for ChampionX and 9 mentions for AZEK. AZEK's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat ChampionX's score of 0.80 indicating that ChampionX is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
97.4% of AZEK shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of ChampionX shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of AZEK shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of ChampionX shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
AZEK has a beta of 1.92, suggesting that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ChampionX has a beta of 2.44, suggesting that its share price is 144% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ChampionX has a net margin of 9.74% compared to ChampionX's net margin of 8.57%. AZEK's return on equity of 21.42% beat ChampionX's return on equity.
Summary
ChampionX beats AZEK on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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