Eagle Materials (EXP) Competitors

Eagle Materials (NYSE:EXP) and UFP Industries (NASDAQ:UFPI) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in EXP or UFPI?

96.1% of Eagle Materials shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.8% of UFP Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Eagle Materials shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of UFP Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is EXP or UFPI more profitable?

Eagle Materials has a net margin of 20.50% compared to UFP Industries' net margin of 5.64%. Eagle Materials' return on equity of 32.71% beat UFP Industries' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eagle Materials	20.50%	32.71%	15.04%
UFP Industries	5.64%	11.78%	9.06%

Do analysts prefer EXP or UFPI?

Eagle Materials presently has a consensus target price of $254.44, indicating a potential upside of 12.44%. UFP Industries has a consensus target price of $136.80, indicating a potential upside of 30.48%. Given UFP Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe UFP Industries is more favorable than Eagle Materials.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Eagle Materials	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
UFP Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Which has more risk and volatility, EXP or UFPI?

Eagle Materials has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UFP Industries has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is EXP or UFPI a better dividend stock?

Eagle Materials pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. UFP Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Eagle Materials pays out 7.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. UFP Industries pays out 22.9% 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. UFP Industries has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. UFP Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media prefer EXP or UFPI?

In the previous week, UFP Industries had 16 more articles in the media than Eagle Materials. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for UFP Industries and 7 mentions for Eagle Materials. Eagle Materials' average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat UFP Industries' score of 1.09 indicating that Eagle Materials is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Eagle Materials	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
UFP Industries	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings & valuation, EXP or UFPI?

Eagle Materials has higher earnings, but lower revenue than UFP Industries. Eagle Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UFP 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
Eagle Materials	$2.26B	3.27	$463.42M	$13.76	16.45
UFP Industries	$6.65B	0.95	$414.56M	$6.11	17.16

Summary

Eagle Materials and UFP Industries tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.