FBIN vs. JHX, CX, EXP, WFG, SKY, ACA, TGLS, CXT, USLM, and LOMA
Should you be buying Fortune Brands Innovations stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fortune Brands Innovations include James Hardie Industries (JHX), CEMEX (CX), Eagle Materials (EXP), West Fraser Timber (WFG), Skyline Champion (SKY), Arcosa (ACA), Tecnoglass (TGLS), Crane NXT (CXT), United States Lime & Minerals (USLM), and Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima (LOMA). These companies are all part of the "construction materials" industry.
Fortune Brands Innovations vs.
James Hardie Industries (NYSE:JHX) and Fortune Brands Innovations (NYSE:FBIN) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation and risk.
8.0% of James Hardie Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.6% of Fortune Brands Innovations shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Fortune Brands Innovations 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.
In the previous week, James Hardie Industries had 11 more articles in the media than Fortune Brands Innovations. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for James Hardie Industries and 14 mentions for Fortune Brands Innovations. Fortune Brands Innovations' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat James Hardie Industries' score of 0.16 indicating that Fortune Brands Innovations is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
James Hardie Industries received 222 more outperform votes than Fortune Brands Innovations when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.11% of users gave James Hardie Industries an outperform vote while only 44.29% of users gave Fortune Brands Innovations an outperform vote.
James Hardie Industries has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fortune Brands Innovations has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
James Hardie Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Fortune Brands Innovations pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. James Hardie Industries pays out 21.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fortune Brands Innovations pays out 29.3% 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. Fortune Brands Innovations has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Fortune Brands Innovations is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
James Hardie Industries currently has a consensus price target of $39.12, suggesting a potential upside of 69.15%. Fortune Brands Innovations has a consensus price target of $77.17, suggesting a potential upside of 50.33%. Given James Hardie Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe James Hardie Industries is more favorable than Fortune Brands Innovations.
James Hardie Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fortune Brands Innovations. Fortune Brands Innovations is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than James Hardie Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
James Hardie Industries has a net margin of 11.15% compared to Fortune Brands Innovations' net margin of 10.24%. James Hardie Industries' return on equity of 33.65% beat Fortune Brands Innovations' return on equity.
Summary
James Hardie Industries beats Fortune Brands Innovations on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:FBIN) was last updated on 5/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff