AWI vs. AZEK, LPX, MDC, KBH, BCC, MTH, GTES, RYN, KNF, and SKY
Should you be buying Armstrong World Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Armstrong World Industries include AZEK (AZEK), Louisiana-Pacific (LPX), M.D.C. (MDC), KB Home (KBH), Boise Cascade (BCC), Meritage Homes (MTH), Gates Industrial (GTES), Rayonier (RYN), Knife River (KNF), and Skyline Champion (SKY). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
AZEK (NYSE:AZEK) and Armstrong World Industries (NYSE:AWI) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.
In the previous week, AZEK had 3 more articles in the media than Armstrong World Industries. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for AZEK and 10 mentions for Armstrong World Industries. AZEK's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Armstrong World Industries' score of 0.74 indicating that Armstrong World Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Armstrong World Industries has a net margin of 17.28% compared to Armstrong World Industries' net margin of 8.57%. AZEK's return on equity of 41.56% beat Armstrong World Industries' return on equity.
AZEK currently has a consensus price target of $44.11, suggesting a potential downside of 3.17%. Armstrong World Industries has a consensus price target of $104.60, suggesting a potential downside of 9.62%. Given Armstrong World Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AZEK is more favorable than Armstrong World Industries.
Armstrong World Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AZEK. Armstrong World Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AZEK, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AZEK has a beta of 1.92, suggesting that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Armstrong World Industries has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Armstrong World Industries received 475 more outperform votes than AZEK when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.25% of users gave Armstrong World Industries an outperform vote while only 42.76% of users gave AZEK an outperform vote.
97.4% of AZEK shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of Armstrong World Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of AZEK shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Armstrong World Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
AZEK and Armstrong World Industries tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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