PCH vs. RYN, SKY, SUM, AZEK, KBH, FLR, ACA, GTES, MTH, and LPX
Should you be buying PotlatchDeltic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PotlatchDeltic include Rayonier (RYN), Skyline Champion (SKY), Summit Materials (SUM), AZEK (AZEK), KB Home (KBH), Fluor (FLR), Arcosa (ACA), Gates Industrial (GTES), Meritage Homes (MTH), and Louisiana-Pacific (LPX). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
PotlatchDeltic vs.
PotlatchDeltic (NASDAQ:PCH) and Rayonier (NYSE:RYN) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.
PotlatchDeltic pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Rayonier pays an annual dividend of $1.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. PotlatchDeltic pays out 69.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Rayonier pays out 196.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. PotlatchDeltic is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
PotlatchDeltic has a net margin of 15.82% compared to Rayonier's net margin of 9.94%. PotlatchDeltic's return on equity of 8.87% beat Rayonier's return on equity.
80.4% of PotlatchDeltic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.9% of Rayonier shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of PotlatchDeltic shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Rayonier shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
PotlatchDeltic has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rayonier has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
PotlatchDeltic has higher revenue and earnings than Rayonier. PotlatchDeltic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rayonier, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Rayonier had 4 more articles in the media than PotlatchDeltic. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Rayonier and 5 mentions for PotlatchDeltic. PotlatchDeltic's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Rayonier's score of 0.58 indicating that PotlatchDeltic is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Rayonier received 19 more outperform votes than PotlatchDeltic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.42% of users gave Rayonier an outperform vote while only 55.58% of users gave PotlatchDeltic an outperform vote.
PotlatchDeltic currently has a consensus price target of $55.40, suggesting a potential upside of 20.91%. Rayonier has a consensus price target of $34.50, suggesting a potential upside of 18.11%. Given PotlatchDeltic's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe PotlatchDeltic is more favorable than Rayonier.
Summary
PotlatchDeltic beats Rayonier on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PCH and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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