JHX vs. MAS, EME, WSO, LII, OC, WSO.B, RPM, ACM, BLD, and WMS
Should you be buying James Hardie Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of James Hardie Industries include Masco (MAS), EMCOR Group (EME), Watsco (WSO), Lennox International (LII), Owens Corning (OC), Watsco (WSO.B), RPM International (RPM), AECOM (ACM), TopBuild (BLD), and Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Masco (NYSE:MAS) and James Hardie Industries (NYSE:JHX) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
Masco received 478 more outperform votes than James Hardie Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.36% of users gave Masco an outperform vote while only 61.50% of users gave James Hardie Industries an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Masco had 15 more articles in the media than James Hardie Industries. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Masco and 3 mentions for James Hardie Industries. Masco's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat James Hardie Industries' score of 0.44 indicating that James Hardie Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
93.9% of Masco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.0% of James Hardie Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Masco shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Masco has higher revenue and earnings than James Hardie Industries. Masco 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.
Masco has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, James Hardie Industries has a beta of 1.69, indicating that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Masco currently has a consensus price target of $69.62, suggesting a potential upside of 1.14%. James Hardie Industries has a consensus price target of $35.50, suggesting a potential upside of 1.25%. Given Masco's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe James Hardie Industries is more favorable than Masco.
James Hardie Industries has a net margin of 13.93% compared to James Hardie Industries' net margin of 11.40%. James Hardie Industries' return on equity of 3,111.50% beat Masco's return on equity.
Summary
Masco beats James Hardie Industries on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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