UFPI vs. LII, BLDR, MAS, OC, AOS, TREX, SSD, AAON, AWI, and GFF
Should you be buying UFP Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UFP Industries include Lennox International (LII), Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Masco (MAS), Owens Corning (OC), A. O. Smith (AOS), Trex (TREX), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), AAON (AAON), Armstrong World Industries (AWI), and Griffon (GFF). These companies are all part of the "building products" industry.
UFP Industries (NASDAQ:UFPI) and Lennox International (NYSE:LII) are both construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.
UFP Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Lennox International pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. UFP Industries pays out 16.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lennox International pays out 26.7% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Lennox International has a net margin of 12.85% compared to UFP Industries' net margin of 7.24%. Lennox International's return on equity of 198.36% beat UFP Industries' return on equity.
Lennox International received 90 more outperform votes than UFP Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.08% of users gave UFP Industries an outperform vote while only 47.72% of users gave Lennox International an outperform vote.
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.
In the previous week, Lennox International had 21 more articles in the media than UFP Industries. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Lennox International and 10 mentions for UFP Industries. UFP Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Lennox International's score of 0.51 indicating that UFP Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Lennox International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
UFP Industries has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lennox International has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
UFP Industries presently has a consensus target price of $116.50, suggesting a potential downside of 9.57%. Lennox International has a consensus target price of $543.62, suggesting a potential downside of 5.10%. Given Lennox International's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lennox International is more favorable than UFP Industries.
Summary
Lennox International beats UFP Industries on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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