CSL vs. AWI, CR, EXP, FBIN, GFF, OC, DHR, MMM, MKL, and ITT
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), Owens Corning (OC), Danaher (DHR), 3M (MMM), Markel Group (MKL), and ITT (ITT).
Carlisle Companies vs. Its Competitors
Carlisle Companies (NYSE:CSL) and Armstrong World Industries (NYSE:AWI) are related companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.
Carlisle Companies has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Armstrong World Industries has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Carlisle Companies pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Armstrong World Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Carlisle Companies pays out 24.6% 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.
In the previous week, Armstrong World Industries had 1 more articles in the media than Carlisle Companies. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Armstrong World Industries and 14 mentions for Carlisle Companies. Carlisle Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Armstrong World Industries' score of 1.29 indicating that Carlisle Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
89.5% of Carlisle Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of Armstrong World Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Carlisle Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Armstrong World Industries 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.
Carlisle Companies presently has a consensus price target of $450.83, suggesting a potential upside of 15.14%. Armstrong World Industries has a consensus price target of $177.13, suggesting a potential downside of 10.15%. Given Carlisle Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Carlisle Companies is more favorable than Armstrong World Industries.
Summary
Carlisle Companies and Armstrong World Industries tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CSL) was last updated on 9/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff