BXC vs. BZH, HOV, AGX, LOMA, ASPN, NX, VSEC, TPC, NOA, and CINT
Should you be buying BlueLinx stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlueLinx include Beazer Homes USA (BZH), Hovnanian Enterprises (HOV), Argan (AGX), Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima (LOMA), Aspen Aerogels (ASPN), Quanex Building Products (NX), VSE (VSEC), Tutor Perini (TPC), North American Construction Group (NOA), and CI&T (CINT). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
BlueLinx (NYSE:BXC) and Beazer Homes USA (NYSE:BZH) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
Beazer Homes USA has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BlueLinx. Beazer Homes USA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BlueLinx, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
90.8% of BlueLinx shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.7% of Beazer Homes USA shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of BlueLinx shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of Beazer Homes USA shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Beazer Homes USA has a net margin of 7.26% compared to BlueLinx's net margin of 1.55%. BlueLinx's return on equity of 14.81% beat Beazer Homes USA's return on equity.
BlueLinx presently has a consensus price target of $144.00, suggesting a potential upside of 28.22%. Beazer Homes USA has a consensus price target of $35.67, suggesting a potential upside of 31.08%. Given Beazer Homes USA's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Beazer Homes USA is more favorable than BlueLinx.
Beazer Homes USA received 170 more outperform votes than BlueLinx when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.58% of users gave Beazer Homes USA an outperform vote while only 55.81% of users gave BlueLinx an outperform vote.
BlueLinx has a beta of 1.9, suggesting that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beazer Homes USA has a beta of 2.24, suggesting that its stock price is 124% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Beazer Homes USA had 1 more articles in the media than BlueLinx. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Beazer Homes USA and 2 mentions for BlueLinx. Beazer Homes USA's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat BlueLinx's score of 0.00 indicating that Beazer Homes USA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Beazer Homes USA beats BlueLinx on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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