ROCK vs. AWI, SSD, UFPI, TREX, GFF, PATK, APOG, AMWD, NX, and IIIN
Should you be buying Gibraltar Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gibraltar Industries include Armstrong World Industries (AWI), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), UFP Industries (UFPI), Trex (TREX), Griffon (GFF), Patrick Industries (PATK), Apogee Enterprises (APOG), American Woodmark (AMWD), Quanex Building Products (NX), and Insteel Industries (IIIN). These companies are all part of the "building products" industry.
Gibraltar Industries vs. Its Competitors
Armstrong World Industries (NYSE:AWI) and Gibraltar Industries (NASDAQ:ROCK) are both construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Armstrong World Industries has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gibraltar Industries has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Armstrong World Industries received 258 more outperform votes than Gibraltar Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.85% of users gave Gibraltar Industries an outperform vote while only 62.53% of users gave Armstrong World Industries an outperform vote.
Armstrong World Industries currently has a consensus target price of $157.57, indicating a potential upside of 2.64%. Given Armstrong World Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Armstrong World Industries is more favorable than Gibraltar Industries.
Armstrong World Industries has a net margin of 17.95% compared to Gibraltar Industries' net margin of 10.49%. Armstrong World Industries' return on equity of 40.67% beat Gibraltar Industries' return on equity.
Armstrong World Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Gibraltar Industries. Gibraltar Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Armstrong World Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Armstrong World Industries had 2 more articles in the media than Gibraltar Industries. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Armstrong World Industries and 2 mentions for Gibraltar Industries. Armstrong World Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat Gibraltar Industries' score of 1.29 indicating that Armstrong World Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
98.9% of Armstrong World Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.4% of Gibraltar Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Armstrong World Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Gibraltar Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Armstrong World Industries beats Gibraltar Industries on 17 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ROCK) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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