PATK vs. OC, AOS, AWI, SSD, UFPI, AAON, TREX, GFF, ROCK, and APOG
Should you be buying Patrick Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Patrick Industries include Owens Corning (OC), A. O. Smith (AOS), Armstrong World Industries (AWI), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), UFP Industries (UFPI), AAON (AAON), Trex (TREX), Griffon (GFF), Gibraltar Industries (ROCK), and Apogee Enterprises (APOG). These companies are all part of the "building products" industry.
Patrick Industries vs. Its Competitors
Owens Corning (NYSE:OC) and Patrick Industries (NASDAQ:PATK) are both construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.
Patrick Industries has a net margin of 3.74% compared to Owens Corning's net margin of 2.28%. Owens Corning's return on equity of 25.03% beat Patrick Industries' return on equity.
Owens Corning presently has a consensus price target of $183.80, indicating a potential upside of 26.68%. Patrick Industries has a consensus price target of $96.42, indicating a potential downside of 2.06%. Given Owens Corning's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Owens Corning is more favorable than Patrick Industries.
Owens Corning has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Patrick Industries has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
88.4% of Owens Corning shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.3% of Patrick Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Owens Corning shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Patrick Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Owens Corning pays an annual dividend of $2.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Patrick Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Owens Corning pays out 97.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Patrick Industries pays out 38.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Owens Corning has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Patrick Industries has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years. Owens Corning is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Owens Corning had 4 more articles in the media than Patrick Industries. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Owens Corning and 7 mentions for Patrick Industries. Owens Corning's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Patrick Industries' score of 0.92 indicating that Owens Corning is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Owens Corning has higher revenue and earnings than Patrick Industries. Patrick Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Owens Corning, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Owens Corning beats Patrick Industries on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PATK) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
