LEGH vs. LOMA, JBI, HLIO, CPAC, JELD, CIX, ZJK, SMID, ACU, and BW
Should you be buying Legacy Housing stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Legacy Housing include Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina (LOMA), Janus International Group (JBI), Helios Technologies (HLIO), Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. (CPAC), JELD-WEN (JELD), CompX International (CIX), ZJK Industrial (ZJK), Smith-Midland (SMID), Acme United (ACU), and Babcock (BW). These companies are all part of the "construction materials" industry.
Legacy Housing vs. Its Competitors
Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina (NYSE:LOMA) and Legacy Housing (NASDAQ:LEGH) are both small-cap construction materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and valuation.
In the previous week, Legacy Housing had 1 more articles in the media than Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Legacy Housing and 1 mentions for Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina. Legacy Housing's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina's score of 0.28 indicating that Legacy Housing is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
19.3% of Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.4% of Legacy Housing shares are held by institutional investors. 30.6% of Legacy Housing shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina has higher revenue and earnings than Legacy Housing. Legacy Housing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Legacy Housing has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Legacy Housing has a net margin of 32.15% compared to Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina's net margin of 14.52%. Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina's return on equity of 12.51% beat Legacy Housing's return on equity.
Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina presently has a consensus target price of $14.80, suggesting a potential upside of 30.86%. Legacy Housing has a consensus target price of $27.50, suggesting a potential upside of 14.75%. Given Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina is more favorable than Legacy Housing.
Summary
Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina and Legacy Housing tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:LEGH) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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