AWI vs. LII, MAS, BLDR, OC, AOS, AAON, SSD, UFPI, TREX, and GFF
Should you be buying Armstrong World Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Armstrong World Industries include Lennox International (LII), Masco (MAS), Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Owens Corning (OC), A. O. Smith (AOS), AAON (AAON), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), UFP Industries (UFPI), Trex (TREX), and Griffon (GFF). These companies are all part of the "building products" industry.
Armstrong World Industries vs. Its Competitors
Armstrong World Industries (NYSE:AWI) and Lennox International (NYSE:LII) are both construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
Armstrong World Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Lennox International pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Armstrong World Industries pays out 19.7% 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. Armstrong World Industries has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Lennox International has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years. Lennox International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Armstrong World Industries received 150 more outperform votes than Lennox International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.53% of users gave Armstrong World Industries an outperform vote while only 46.85% of users gave Lennox International an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Armstrong World Industries had 1 more articles in the media than Lennox International. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Armstrong World Industries and 3 mentions for Lennox International. Armstrong World Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat Lennox International's score of 0.84 indicating that Armstrong World Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lennox International has higher revenue and earnings than Armstrong World Industries. Armstrong World 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.
Armstrong World Industries presently has a consensus target price of $157.57, suggesting a potential upside of 2.79%. Lennox International has a consensus target price of $583.71, suggesting a potential upside of 5.95%. Given Lennox International's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lennox International is more favorable than Armstrong World Industries.
98.9% of Armstrong World Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.1% of Lennox International shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Armstrong World Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% 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.
Armstrong World Industries has a net margin of 17.95% compared to Lennox International's net margin of 15.11%. Lennox International's return on equity of 126.79% beat Armstrong World Industries' return on equity.
Armstrong World Industries has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lennox International has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Armstrong World Industries beats Lennox International on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AWI) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
