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Gibraltar Industries (ROCK) Competitors

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$55.53 +2.58 (+4.87%)
Closing price 05/1/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$55.54 +0.02 (+0.03%)
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ROCK vs. TREX, AWI, GFF, PATK, APOG, AMWD, NX, IIIN, LII, and BLDR

Should you be buying Gibraltar Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gibraltar Industries include Trex (TREX), Armstrong World Industries (AWI), Griffon (GFF), Patrick Industries (PATK), Apogee Enterprises (APOG), American Woodmark (AMWD), Quanex Building Products (NX), Insteel Industries (IIIN), Lennox International (LII), and Builders FirstSource (BLDR). These companies are all part of the "building products" industry.

Gibraltar Industries vs.

Gibraltar Industries (NASDAQ:ROCK) and Trex (NYSE:TREX) are both construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Trex has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Gibraltar Industries. Gibraltar Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Gibraltar Industries$1.31B1.24$110.53M$4.4712.24
Trex$1.15B5.42$205.38M$2.0828.00

Trex received 163 more outperform votes than Gibraltar Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.07% of users gave Gibraltar Industries an outperform vote while only 54.24% of users gave Trex an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Gibraltar IndustriesOutperform Votes
285
65.07%
Underperform Votes
153
34.93%
TrexOutperform Votes
448
54.24%
Underperform Votes
378
45.76%

Gibraltar Industries has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trex has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Gibraltar Industries had 12 more articles in the media than Trex. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Gibraltar Industries and 13 mentions for Trex. Trex's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Gibraltar Industries' score of 0.99 indicating that Trex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Gibraltar Industries
11 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Trex
12 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Trex has a consensus target price of $77.18, indicating a potential upside of 32.50%. Given Trex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Trex is more favorable than Gibraltar Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Gibraltar Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Trex
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.41

Trex has a net margin of 20.23% compared to Gibraltar Industries' net margin of 10.49%. Trex's return on equity of 28.89% beat Gibraltar Industries' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Gibraltar Industries10.49% 13.19% 9.44%
Trex 20.23%28.89%20.03%

98.4% of Gibraltar Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Trex shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Gibraltar Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Trex shares are held by company 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.

Summary

Trex beats Gibraltar Industries on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ROCK vs. The Competition

MetricGibraltar IndustriesSteel works, blast furnaces, & rolling & finishing mills IndustryConstruction SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.62B$4.63B$8.34B$7.94B
Dividend YieldN/A3.38%2.12%4.23%
P/E Ratio12.2414.9015.6418.55
Price / Sales1.240.6070.08103.00
Price / Cash12.536.7821.4034.62
Price / Book1.581.134.184.26
Net Income$110.53M$1.00B$535.55M$248.39M
7 Day Performance3.50%0.66%0.72%1.27%
1 Month Performance-5.75%2.00%62.54%3.85%
1 Year Performance-20.56%-10.65%77.10%5.23%

Gibraltar Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ROCK
Gibraltar Industries
2.2154 of 5 stars
$55.53
+4.9%
N/A-19.4%$1.65B$1.31B12.422,140Earnings Report
News Coverage
TREX
Trex
3.4186 of 5 stars
$57.50
-0.4%
$77.18
+34.2%
-34.9%$6.17B$1.15B26.261,640Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
AWI
Armstrong World Industries
2.7016 of 5 stars
$138.55
+0.0%
$153.33
+10.7%
+28.8%$6.02B$1.45B24.443,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
GFF
Griffon
4.7299 of 5 stars
$67.24
-0.1%
$97.20
+44.6%
+2.9%$3.23B$2.61B13.726,200Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
PATK
Patrick Industries
4.584 of 5 stars
$78.77
-1.1%
$96.79
+22.9%
+17.6%$2.64B$3.72B19.1211,000Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
APOG
Apogee Enterprises
4.7334 of 5 stars
$39.74
+0.9%
$62.00
+56.0%
-35.9%$872.41M$1.36B8.875,500Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
AMWD
American Woodmark
4.1245 of 5 stars
$58.13
-0.2%
$101.00
+73.7%
-36.3%$862.36M$1.76B8.6910,000Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
NX
Quanex Building Products
4.7824 of 5 stars
$16.40
-0.1%
$38.00
+131.7%
-49.5%$774.23M$1.44B14.643,880Positive News
IIIN
Insteel Industries
1.6908 of 5 stars
$33.30
+0.9%
N/A+6.0%$646.46M$570.46M33.64960
LII
Lennox International
3.9269 of 5 stars
$531.22
+0.7%
$577.00
+8.6%
+22.4%$18.85B$5.37B23.5713,200Analyst Revision
BLDR
Builders FirstSource
4.9015 of 5 stars
$121.55
+0.2%
$186.84
+53.7%
-39.2%$13.83B$16.40B13.4229,000Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
Buyback Announcement
News Coverage
Gap Down

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