LII vs. AAON, OC, JHX, EME, FND, CX, KBR, MTZ, RPM, and WMS
Should you be buying Lennox International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lennox International include AAON (AAON), Owens Corning (OC), James Hardie Industries (JHX), EMCOR Group (EME), Floor & Decor (FND), CEMEX (CX), KBR (KBR), MasTec (MTZ), RPM International (RPM), and Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Lennox International vs.
AAON (NASDAQ:AAON) and Lennox International (NYSE:LII) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.
AAON has a net margin of 11.29% compared to Lennox International's net margin of 10.53%. AAON's return on equity of 19.54% beat Lennox International's return on equity.
AAON has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lennox International has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
70.1% of AAON shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.0% of Lennox International shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.3% of AAON shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Lennox International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Lennox International received 132 more outperform votes than AAON when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.45% of users gave AAON an outperform vote while only 48.08% of users gave Lennox International an outperform vote.
AAON presently has a consensus price target of $81.67, suggesting a potential downside of 10.50%. Lennox International has a consensus price target of $259.92, suggesting a potential upside of 6.46%. Given Lennox International's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lennox International is more favorable than AAON.
AAON pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Lennox International pays an annual dividend of $4.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. AAON pays out 13.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lennox International pays out 30.5% 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 raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Lennox International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Lennox International has higher revenue and earnings than AAON. Lennox International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AAON, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Lennox International had 1 more articles in the media than AAON. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Lennox International and 3 mentions for AAON. AAON's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Lennox International's score of 0.72 indicating that AAON is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Lennox International beats AAON on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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Lennox International Competitors List
