LII vs. MAS, BLDR, OC, AOS, AAON, AWI, SSD, UFPI, TREX, and GFF
Should you be buying Lennox International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lennox International include Masco (MAS), Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Owens Corning (OC), A. O. Smith (AOS), AAON (AAON), Armstrong World Industries (AWI), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), UFP Industries (UFPI), Trex (TREX), and Griffon (GFF). These companies are all part of the "building products" industry.
Lennox International vs.
Lennox International (NYSE:LII) and Masco (NYSE:MAS) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and valuation.
Lennox International has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Masco has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Masco has higher revenue and earnings than Lennox International. Masco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lennox International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
67.1% of Lennox International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Masco shares are held by institutional investors. 9.7% of Lennox International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Masco shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Masco had 10 more articles in the media than Lennox International. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Masco and 2 mentions for Lennox International. Lennox International's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Masco's score of 0.75 indicating that Lennox International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Masco received 352 more outperform votes than Lennox International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.55% of users gave Masco an outperform vote while only 46.85% of users gave Lennox International an outperform vote.
Lennox International presently has a consensus price target of $583.71, suggesting a potential upside of 4.97%. Masco has a consensus price target of $73.63, suggesting a potential upside of 13.59%. Given Masco's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Masco is more favorable than Lennox International.
Lennox International pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Masco pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Lennox International pays out 23.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Masco pays out 33.9% 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. Lennox International has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years and Masco has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years.
Lennox International has a net margin of 15.11% compared to Masco's net margin of 10.50%. Masco's return on equity of 838.32% beat Lennox International's return on equity.
Summary
Masco beats Lennox International on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:LII) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
