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IBP vs. J, APG, BLD, TMHC, ROAD, IESC, GRBK, ECG, DFH, and BBU

Should you be buying Installed Building Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Installed Building Products include Jacobs Solutions (J), APi Group (APG), TopBuild (BLD), Taylor Morrison Home (TMHC), Construction Partners (ROAD), IES (IESC), Green Brick Partners (GRBK), Everus (ECG), Dream Finders Homes (DFH), and Brookfield Business Partners (BBU). These companies are all part of the "construction" industry.

Installed Building Products vs.

Installed Building Products (NYSE:IBP) and Jacobs Solutions (NYSE:J) are both construction companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and community ranking.

Installed Building Products has a beta of 1.85, suggesting that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jacobs Solutions has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Installed Building Products has a net margin of 8.74% compared to Jacobs Solutions' net margin of 4.28%. Installed Building Products' return on equity of 43.56% beat Jacobs Solutions' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Installed Building Products8.74% 43.56% 14.83%
Jacobs Solutions 4.28%14.87%6.18%

99.6% of Installed Building Products shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.7% of Jacobs Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.2% of Installed Building Products shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Jacobs Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Jacobs Solutions had 16 more articles in the media than Installed Building Products. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Jacobs Solutions and 7 mentions for Installed Building Products. Jacobs Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Installed Building Products' score of 0.73 indicating that Jacobs Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Installed Building Products
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Jacobs Solutions
19 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Jacobs Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Installed Building Products. Installed Building Products is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Jacobs Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Installed Building Products$2.93B1.52$243.70M$8.7718.39
Jacobs Solutions$11.69B1.32$821.09M$3.6335.28

Installed Building Products presently has a consensus price target of $212.45, suggesting a potential upside of 31.75%. Jacobs Solutions has a consensus price target of $150.86, suggesting a potential upside of 17.79%. Given Installed Building Products' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Installed Building Products is more favorable than Jacobs Solutions.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Installed Building Products
2 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17
Jacobs Solutions
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63

Installed Building Products received 251 more outperform votes than Jacobs Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.10% of users gave Jacobs Solutions an outperform vote while only 63.44% of users gave Installed Building Products an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Installed Building ProductsOutperform Votes
354
63.44%
Underperform Votes
204
36.56%
Jacobs SolutionsOutperform Votes
103
74.10%
Underperform Votes
36
25.90%

Installed Building Products pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Jacobs Solutions pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Installed Building Products pays out 16.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Jacobs Solutions pays out 35.3% 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. Jacobs Solutions has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Jacobs Solutions is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Installed Building Products beats Jacobs Solutions on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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IBP vs. The Competition

MetricInstalled Building ProductsGeneral building contractors IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.46B$8.22B$8.86B$19.70B
Dividend Yield0.89%3.28%2.06%3.84%
P/E Ratio17.9212.4016.9535.13
Price / Sales1.520.8171.5834.12
Price / Cash12.118.1221.3017.51
Price / Book6.901.924.644.78
Net Income$243.70M$1.42B$557.33M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.96%0.49%0.00%1.62%
1 Month Performance4.31%6.48%12.16%13.00%
1 Year Performance-23.60%1,335.54%86.72%5.59%

Installed Building Products Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IBP
Installed Building Products
4.4559 of 5 stars
$161.26
-0.2%
$212.45
+31.7%
-24.4%$4.46B$2.93B17.9210,300
J
Jacobs Solutions
3.4443 of 5 stars
$127.59
+3.9%
$150.86
+18.2%
-6.4%$15.64B$11.69B26.3160,000News Coverage
Positive News
APG
APi Group
3.0292 of 5 stars
$45.37
+2.7%
$43.86
-3.3%
+27.7%$12.56B$7.14B-23.0326,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
BLD
TopBuild
4.913 of 5 stars
$312.10
+5.7%
$380.22
+21.8%
-28.2%$8.92B$5.28B15.7513,100Gap Up
TMHC
Taylor Morrison Home
4.5033 of 5 stars
$60.74
+3.5%
$76.88
+26.6%
-1.9%$6.10B$8.36B7.343,000News Coverage
Positive News
ROAD
Construction Partners
3.3404 of 5 stars
$100.02
+4.5%
$91.00
-9.0%
+77.9%$5.59B$1.99B93.483,790Positive News
IESC
IES
3.0027 of 5 stars
$259.76
+5.7%
N/A+58.0%$5.16B$3.13B24.198,080News Coverage
Positive News
GRBK
Green Brick Partners
2.489 of 5 stars
$62.47
+4.0%
$74.00
+18.5%
+6.4%$2.74B$2.15B8.11550Positive News
ECG
Everus
1.4537 of 5 stars
$50.15
+4.6%
$63.33
+26.3%
N/A$2.56B$2.85B0.007,600Trending News
Gap Up
DFH
Dream Finders Homes
3.1977 of 5 stars
$23.66
+3.8%
$30.83
+30.3%
-22.9%$2.21B$4.45B7.731,210Positive News
BBU
Brookfield Business Partners
3.2063 of 5 stars
$24.47
+6.3%
$31.00
+26.7%
+25.0%$2.19B$35.35B-49.9416,000Gap Up

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