Armstrong World Industries (AWI) Competitors

Armstrong World Industries (NYSE:AWI) and TopBuild (NYSE:BLD) are both construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends and valuation.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, AWI or BLD?

TopBuild has higher revenue and earnings than Armstrong World Industries. TopBuild is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Armstrong World Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Armstrong World Industries	$1.45B	5.94	$264.90M	$6.76	29.39
TopBuild	$5.33B	2.30	$622.60M	$20.31	21.47

Do analysts prefer AWI or BLD?

Armstrong World Industries presently has a consensus price target of $197.14, indicating a potential downside of 0.76%. TopBuild has a consensus price target of $395.17, indicating a potential downside of 9.36%. Given Armstrong World Industries' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Armstrong World Industries is more favorable than TopBuild.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Armstrong World Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63
TopBuild	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in AWI or BLD?

98.9% of Armstrong World Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.7% of TopBuild shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Armstrong World Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of TopBuild shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, AWI or BLD?

Armstrong World Industries has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TopBuild has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AWI or BLD more profitable?

Armstrong World Industries has a net margin of 18.95% compared to TopBuild's net margin of 11.40%. Armstrong World Industries' return on equity of 39.80% beat TopBuild's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Armstrong World Industries	18.95%	39.80%	16.79%
TopBuild	11.40%	28.32%	12.73%

Does the media prefer AWI or BLD?

In the previous week, TopBuild had 2 more articles in the media than Armstrong World Industries. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for TopBuild and 10 mentions for Armstrong World Industries. TopBuild's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Armstrong World Industries' score of 0.68 indicating that TopBuild is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Armstrong World Industries	3 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TopBuild	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

TopBuild beats Armstrong World Industries on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.