ROCK vs. SSD, UFPI, AWI, GFF, PATK, APOG, AMWD, NX, IIIN, and LII
Should you be buying Gibraltar Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gibraltar Industries include Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), UFP Industries (UFPI), Armstrong World Industries (AWI), Griffon (GFF), Patrick Industries (PATK), Apogee Enterprises (APOG), American Woodmark (AMWD), Quanex Building Products (NX), Insteel Industries (IIIN), and Lennox International (LII). These companies are all part of the "building products" industry.
Gibraltar Industries vs.
Gibraltar Industries (NASDAQ:ROCK) and Simpson Manufacturing (NYSE:SSD) are both construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, earnings and community ranking.
98.4% of Gibraltar Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.7% of Simpson Manufacturing shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Gibraltar Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Simpson Manufacturing shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Gibraltar Industries received 57 more outperform votes than Simpson Manufacturing when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.91% of users gave Gibraltar Industries an outperform vote while only 57.07% of users gave Simpson Manufacturing an outperform vote.
Simpson Manufacturing has a net margin of 14.51% compared to Gibraltar Industries' net margin of 8.28%. Simpson Manufacturing's return on equity of 18.29% beat Gibraltar Industries' return on equity.
Gibraltar Industries has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Simpson Manufacturing has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Gibraltar Industries had 3 more articles in the media than Simpson Manufacturing. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Gibraltar Industries and 2 mentions for Simpson Manufacturing. Gibraltar Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Simpson Manufacturing's score of 0.50 indicating that Gibraltar Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Simpson Manufacturing has a consensus price target of $218.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.54%. Given Simpson Manufacturing's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Simpson Manufacturing is more favorable than Gibraltar Industries.
Simpson Manufacturing has higher revenue and earnings than Gibraltar Industries. Gibraltar Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Simpson Manufacturing, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Simpson Manufacturing beats Gibraltar Industries on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ROCK) was last updated on 1/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
