CSL vs. AWI, CR, EXP, FBIN, GFF, ITT, OC, PH, URI, and DHR
Should you be buying Carlisle Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carlisle Companies include Armstrong World Industries (AWI), Crane (CR), Eagle Materials (EXP), Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN), Griffon (GFF), ITT (ITT), Owens Corning (OC), Parker-Hannifin (PH), United Rentals (URI), and Danaher (DHR).
Carlisle Companies vs. Its 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 businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Carlisle Companies currently has a consensus target price of $461.67, suggesting a potential upside of 16.16%. Armstrong World Industries has a consensus target price of $162.88, suggesting a potential downside of 2.91%. Given Carlisle Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Carlisle Companies is more favorable than Armstrong World Industries.
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 0.7%. Carlisle Companies pays out 14.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Armstrong World Industries pays out 19.7% 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.
Carlisle Companies has a net margin of 25.24% compared to Armstrong World Industries' net margin of 18.25%. Armstrong World Industries' return on equity of 39.37% beat Carlisle Companies' return on equity.
Carlisle Companies has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Armstrong World Industries has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Carlisle Companies had 16 more articles in the media than Armstrong World Industries. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Carlisle Companies and 5 mentions for Armstrong World Industries. Armstrong World Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Carlisle Companies' score of 0.89 indicating that Armstrong World Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Summary
Carlisle Companies beats Armstrong World Industries on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CSL) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
