IBP vs. ALTR, MTZ, AZEK, FLR, SUM, CHX, UFPI, TMHC, AAON, and MTH
Should you be buying Installed Building Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Installed Building Products include Altair Engineering (ALTR), MasTec (MTZ), AZEK (AZEK), Fluor (FLR), Summit Materials (SUM), ChampionX (CHX), UFP Industries (UFPI), Taylor Morrison Home (TMHC), AAON (AAON), and Meritage Homes (MTH).
Altair Engineering (NASDAQ:ALTR) and Installed Building Products (NYSE:IBP) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, profitability, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Altair Engineering has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Installed Building Products has a beta of 1.89, indicating that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.
63.4% of Altair Engineering shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.6% of Installed Building Products shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.8% of Altair Engineering shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.5% of Installed Building Products shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Altair Engineering and Altair Engineering both had 6 articles in the media. Altair Engineering's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Installed Building Products' score of 0.66 indicating that Installed Building Products is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Altair Engineering presently has a consensus target price of $90.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.46%. Installed Building Products has a consensus target price of $208.40, indicating a potential downside of 6.65%. Given Installed Building Products' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Altair Engineering is more favorable than Installed Building Products.
Installed Building Products has a net margin of 8.77% compared to Installed Building Products' net margin of -1.46%. Altair Engineering's return on equity of 47.18% beat Installed Building Products' return on equity.
Installed Building Products has higher revenue and earnings than Altair Engineering. Altair Engineering is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Installed Building Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Altair Engineering received 232 more outperform votes than Installed Building Products when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.84% of users gave Installed Building Products an outperform vote while only 58.63% of users gave Altair Engineering an outperform vote.
Summary
Installed Building Products beats Altair Engineering on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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