FND vs. JHX, MAS, RPM, LII, ACM, OC, WSO.B, CX, WSO, and EME
Should you be buying Floor & Decor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Floor & Decor include James Hardie Industries (JHX), Masco (MAS), RPM International (RPM), Lennox International (LII), AECOM (ACM), Owens Corning (OC), Watsco (WSO.B), CEMEX (CX), Watsco (WSO), and EMCOR Group (EME). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Floor & Decor vs.
Floor & Decor (NYSE:FND) and James Hardie Industries (NYSE:JHX) are both construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Floor & Decor received 110 more outperform votes than James Hardie Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.57% of users gave Floor & Decor an outperform vote while only 60.96% of users gave James Hardie Industries an outperform vote.
1.2% of James Hardie Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Floor & Decor shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Floor & Decor had 5 more articles in the media than James Hardie Industries. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Floor & Decor and 2 mentions for James Hardie Industries. James Hardie Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Floor & Decor's score of 1.06 indicating that James Hardie Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Floor & Decor currently has a consensus price target of $91.59, suggesting a potential downside of 6.75%. James Hardie Industries has a consensus price target of $29.80, suggesting a potential upside of 37.64%. Given James Hardie Industries' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe James Hardie Industries is more favorable than Floor & Decor.
James Hardie Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Floor & Decor. James Hardie Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Floor & Decor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Floor & Decor has a beta of 1.82, meaning that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, James Hardie Industries has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
James Hardie Industries has a net margin of 12.61% compared to Floor & Decor's net margin of 6.99%. James Hardie Industries' return on equity of 44.72% beat Floor & Decor's return on equity.
Summary
Floor & Decor beats James Hardie Industries on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FND and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Floor & Decor Competitors List
