UFPI vs. LII, MAS, BLDR, OC, AOS, AWI, SSD, TREX, AAON, and GFF
Should you be buying UFP Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UFP Industries include Lennox International (LII), Masco (MAS), Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Owens Corning (OC), A. O. Smith (AOS), Armstrong World Industries (AWI), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), Trex (TREX), AAON (AAON), and Griffon (GFF). These companies are all part of the "building products" industry.
UFP Industries vs. Its Competitors
UFP Industries (NASDAQ:UFPI) and Lennox International (NYSE:LII) are both construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.
81.8% of UFP Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.1% of Lennox International shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of UFP Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Lennox International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Lennox International has a net margin of 14.96% compared to UFP Industries' net margin of 5.64%. Lennox International's return on equity of 106.05% beat UFP Industries' return on equity.
Lennox International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than UFP Industries. UFP Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lennox International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
UFP Industries currently has a consensus target price of $143.00, indicating a potential upside of 34.25%. Lennox International has a consensus target price of $586.31, indicating a potential downside of 1.52%. Given UFP Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe UFP Industries is more favorable than Lennox International.
UFP Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Lennox International pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. UFP Industries pays out 22.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lennox International pays out 23.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. UFP Industries has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Lennox International has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years. UFP Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
UFP Industries has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lennox International has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Lennox International had 2 more articles in the media than UFP Industries. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Lennox International and 8 mentions for UFP Industries. UFP Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Lennox International's score of 0.67 indicating that UFP Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Lennox International beats UFP Industries on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:UFPI) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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