Carlisle Companies (CSL) Competitors

Carlisle Companies (NYSE:CSL) and Armstrong World Industries (NYSE:AWI) are related companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CSL or AWI?

89.5% of Carlisle Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of Armstrong World Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Carlisle Companies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Armstrong World Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, CSL or AWI?

Carlisle Companies has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Armstrong World Industries has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CSL or AWI?

Carlisle Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Armstrong World Industries. Carlisle Companies 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
Carlisle Companies	$5.00B	3.35	$1.31B	$17.90	21.89
Armstrong World Industries	$1.45B	5.82	$264.90M	$6.76	28.75

Is CSL or AWI a better dividend stock?

Carlisle Companies pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Armstrong World Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Carlisle Companies pays out 22.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Armstrong World Industries pays out 18.2% 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. Carlisle Companies has raised its dividend for 48 consecutive years and Armstrong World Industries has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Carlisle Companies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts recommend CSL or AWI?

Carlisle Companies currently has a consensus price target of $450.83, suggesting a potential upside of 15.06%. Armstrong World Industries has a consensus price target of $177.13, suggesting a potential downside of 8.87%. Given Carlisle Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Carlisle Companies is more favorable than Armstrong World Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Carlisle Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
Armstrong World Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is CSL or AWI more profitable?

Armstrong World Industries has a net margin of 18.95% compared to Carlisle Companies' net margin of 16.12%. Armstrong World Industries' return on equity of 39.80% beat Carlisle Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Carlisle Companies	16.12%	38.16%	15.60%
Armstrong World Industries	18.95%	39.80%	16.79%

Does the media prefer CSL or AWI?

In the previous week, Carlisle Companies had 8 more articles in the media than Armstrong World Industries. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Carlisle Companies and 16 mentions for Armstrong World Industries. Carlisle Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Armstrong World Industries' score of 1.08 indicating that Carlisle Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Carlisle Companies	19 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Armstrong World Industries	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Carlisle Companies beats Armstrong World Industries on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.