AZEK vs. AWI, FLR, MTZ, SUM, ALTR, CHX, UFPI, SSD, AAON, and TMHC
Should you be buying AZEK stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AZEK include Armstrong World Industries (AWI), Fluor (FLR), MasTec (MTZ), Summit Materials (SUM), Altair Engineering (ALTR), ChampionX (CHX), UFP Industries (UFPI), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), AAON (AAON), and Taylor Morrison Home (TMHC). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Armstrong World Industries (NYSE:AWI) and AZEK (NYSE:AZEK) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Armstrong World Industries has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AZEK has a beta of 1.92, meaning that its stock price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Armstrong World Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
In the previous week, AZEK had 4 more articles in the media than Armstrong World Industries. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for AZEK and 11 mentions for Armstrong World Industries. AZEK's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Armstrong World Industries' score of 0.74 indicating that Armstrong World Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
98.9% of Armstrong World Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of AZEK shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Armstrong World Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of AZEK shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Armstrong World Industries presently has a consensus target price of $100.17, suggesting a potential downside of 12.65%. AZEK has a consensus target price of $44.11, suggesting a potential downside of 2.10%. Given Armstrong World Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AZEK is more favorable than Armstrong World Industries.
Summary
Armstrong World Industries and AZEK tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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