JHX vs. SMID, DHI, CRH, URI, LEN, OTIS, PWR, MLM, VMC, and HWM
Should you be buying James Hardie Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of James Hardie Industries include Smith-Midland (SMID), D.R. Horton (DHI), CRH (CRH), United Rentals (URI), Lennar (LEN), Otis Worldwide (OTIS), Quanta Services (PWR), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), Vulcan Materials (VMC), and Howmet Aerospace (HWM). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
James Hardie Industries (NYSE:JHX) and Smith-Midland (NASDAQ:SMID) are both construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Smith-Midland had 2 more articles in the media than James Hardie Industries. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Smith-Midland and 1 mentions for James Hardie Industries. James Hardie Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.83 beat Smith-Midland's score of 0.44 indicating that James Hardie Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
James Hardie Industries has a net margin of 12.96% compared to Smith-Midland's net margin of 2.93%. James Hardie Industries' return on equity of 38.97% beat Smith-Midland's return on equity.
James Hardie Industries presently has a consensus target price of $35.50, indicating a potential upside of 1.20%. Given James Hardie Industries' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe James Hardie Industries is more favorable than Smith-Midland.
8.0% of James Hardie Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.9% of Smith-Midland shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of Smith-Midland shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
James Hardie Industries has a beta of 1.71, meaning that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Smith-Midland has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
James Hardie Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Smith-Midland. James Hardie Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Smith-Midland, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
James Hardie Industries received 241 more outperform votes than Smith-Midland when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
James Hardie Industries beats Smith-Midland on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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