FTDR vs. ABM, PATK, GVA, PRIM, PGTI, ROCK, JBI, CCS, ROAD, and DOOR
Should you be buying Frontdoor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Frontdoor include ABM Industries (ABM), Patrick Industries (PATK), Granite Construction (GVA), Primoris Services (PRIM), PGT Innovations (PGTI), Gibraltar Industries (ROCK), Janus International Group (JBI), Century Communities (CCS), Construction Partners (ROAD), and Masonite International (DOOR). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Frontdoor (NASDAQ:FTDR) and ABM Industries (NYSE:ABM) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk and community ranking.
Frontdoor currently has a consensus target price of $39.40, suggesting a potential upside of 25.52%. ABM Industries has a consensus target price of $45.20, suggesting a potential upside of 2.08%. Given Frontdoor's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Frontdoor is more favorable than ABM Industries.
Frontdoor has a net margin of 9.66% compared to ABM Industries' net margin of 3.15%. Frontdoor's return on equity of 142.80% beat ABM Industries' return on equity.
ABM Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Frontdoor. ABM Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frontdoor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Frontdoor has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ABM Industries has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ABM Industries received 188 more outperform votes than Frontdoor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.38% of users gave ABM Industries an outperform vote while only 58.67% of users gave Frontdoor an outperform vote.
91.6% of ABM Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Frontdoor shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of ABM Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Frontdoor had 2 more articles in the media than ABM Industries. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Frontdoor and 4 mentions for ABM Industries. Frontdoor's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat ABM Industries' score of 0.60 indicating that Frontdoor is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Frontdoor beats ABM Industries on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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