LII vs. BLDR, MAS, OC, AOS, TREX, SSD, UFPI, AAON, AWI, and GFF
Should you be buying Lennox International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lennox International include Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Masco (MAS), Owens Corning (OC), A. O. Smith (AOS), Trex (TREX), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), UFP Industries (UFPI), AAON (AAON), Armstrong World Industries (AWI), and Griffon (GFF). These companies are all part of the "building products" industry.
Lennox International (NYSE:LII) and Builders FirstSource (NYSE:BLDR) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, community ranking, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Lennox International had 19 more articles in the media than Builders FirstSource. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Lennox International and 14 mentions for Builders FirstSource. Builders FirstSource's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Lennox International's score of 0.51 indicating that Builders FirstSource is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
67.1% of Lennox International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Builders FirstSource shares are held by institutional investors. 10.4% of Lennox International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Builders FirstSource shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Lennox International presently has a consensus price target of $543.62, suggesting a potential downside of 5.10%. Builders FirstSource has a consensus price target of $191.67, suggesting a potential upside of 14.33%. Given Builders FirstSource's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Builders FirstSource is more favorable than Lennox International.
Lennox International has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Builders FirstSource has a beta of 2.04, indicating that its stock price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Builders FirstSource has higher revenue and earnings than Lennox International. Builders FirstSource is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lennox International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lennox International has a net margin of 12.85% compared to Builders FirstSource's net margin of 8.57%. Lennox International's return on equity of 198.36% beat Builders FirstSource's return on equity.
Builders FirstSource received 161 more outperform votes than Lennox International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.66% of users gave Builders FirstSource an outperform vote while only 47.72% of users gave Lennox International an outperform vote.
Summary
Builders FirstSource beats Lennox International on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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