IAC vs. GFF, WOR, BATRA, FSS, VGR, FBYD, IEP, ITT, SPLP, and LXU
Should you be buying IAC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IAC include Griffon (GFF), Worthington Enterprises (WOR), Atlanta Braves (BATRA), Federal Signal (FSS), Vector Group (VGR), Falcon's Beyond Global (FBYD), Icahn Enterprises (IEP), ITT (ITT), Steel Partners (SPLP), and LSB Industries (LXU). These companies are all part of the "multi-sector conglomerates" sector.
Griffon (NYSE:GFF) and IAC (NASDAQ:IAC) are both mid-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability and institutional ownership.
IAC has a net margin of 6.09% compared to IAC's net margin of 2.65%. IAC's return on equity of 72.80% beat Griffon's return on equity.
IAC received 809 more outperform votes than Griffon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.13% of users gave IAC an outperform vote while only 64.80% of users gave Griffon an outperform vote.
IAC has higher revenue and earnings than Griffon. IAC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Griffon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Griffon currently has a consensus price target of $69.50, indicating a potential upside of 2.70%. IAC has a consensus price target of $78.69, indicating a potential upside of 63.60%. Given Griffon's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe IAC is more favorable than Griffon.
In the previous week, Griffon and Griffon both had 5 articles in the media. Griffon's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat IAC's score of 0.04 indicating that IAC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Griffon has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IAC has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
73.2% of Griffon shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.9% of IAC shares are held by institutional investors. 16.1% of Griffon shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.6% of IAC shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
IAC beats Griffon on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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