GTES vs. RYN, KBH, KNF, MDC, SKY, AWI, DY, LPX, ACA, and BCC
Should you be buying Gates Industrial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gates Industrial include Rayonier (RYN), KB Home (KBH), Knife River (KNF), M.D.C. (MDC), Skyline Champion (SKY), Armstrong World Industries (AWI), Dycom Industries (DY), Louisiana-Pacific (LPX), Arcosa (ACA), and Boise Cascade (BCC). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Rayonier (NYSE:RYN) and Gates Industrial (NYSE:GTES) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.
Rayonier received 89 more outperform votes than Gates Industrial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.25% of users gave Rayonier an outperform vote while only 54.66% of users gave Gates Industrial an outperform vote.
89.1% of Rayonier shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of Gates Industrial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Rayonier shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Gates Industrial 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.
In the previous week, Gates Industrial had 5 more articles in the media than Rayonier. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Gates Industrial and 3 mentions for Rayonier. Rayonier's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Gates Industrial's score of 0.00 indicating that Gates Industrial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Rayonier currently has a consensus target price of $34.50, indicating a potential upside of 13.30%. Gates Industrial has a consensus target price of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.95%. Given Gates Industrial's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Rayonier is more favorable than Gates Industrial.
Rayonier has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gates Industrial has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Gates Industrial has higher revenue and earnings than Rayonier. Gates Industrial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rayonier, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Rayonier has a net margin of 16.41% compared to Rayonier's net margin of 6.52%. Rayonier's return on equity of 10.14% beat Gates Industrial's return on equity.
Summary
Gates Industrial beats Rayonier on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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