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Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina (LOMA) Competitors

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$11.80 -0.53 (-4.26%)
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LOMA vs. WFG, ACA, SKY, TGLS, CXT, USLM, HLMN, HLIO, JBI, and LEGH

Should you be buying Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina include West Fraser Timber (WFG), Arcosa (ACA), Champion Homes (SKY), Tecnoglass (TGLS), Crane NXT (CXT), United States Lime & Minerals (USLM), Hillman Solutions (HLMN), Helios Technologies (HLIO), Janus International Group (JBI), and Legacy Housing (LEGH). These companies are all part of the "construction materials" industry.

Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina vs. Its Competitors

Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina (NYSE:LOMA) and West Fraser Timber (NYSE:WFG) are both construction companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, West Fraser Timber has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina currently has a consensus price target of $14.80, indicating a potential upside of 25.37%. West Fraser Timber has a consensus price target of $100.00, indicating a potential upside of 38.02%. Given West Fraser Timber's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe West Fraser Timber is more favorable than Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
West Fraser Timber
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina has higher earnings, but lower revenue than West Fraser Timber. West Fraser Timber is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina$767.70M1.79$169.19M$0.8414.05
West Fraser Timber$6.17B0.90-$5M-$1.75-41.40

In the previous week, West Fraser Timber had 3 more articles in the media than Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for West Fraser Timber and 1 mentions for Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina. West Fraser Timber's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina's score of 0.56 indicating that West Fraser Timber is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
West Fraser Timber
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina has a net margin of 14.52% compared to West Fraser Timber's net margin of -2.18%. Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina's return on equity of 12.51% beat West Fraser Timber's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina14.52% 12.51% 6.95%
West Fraser Timber -2.18%-0.85%-0.66%

19.3% of Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.2% of West Fraser Timber shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of West Fraser Timber shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina beats West Fraser Timber on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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LOMA vs. The Competition

MetricLoma Negra Compania Industrial ArgentinaBLDG IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.38B$9.87B$9.26B$20.67B
Dividend YieldN/A2.77%2.01%3.66%
P/E Ratio14.057.3115.6628.65
Price / Sales1.795.80111.7168.82
Price / Cash6.137.4015.1123.59
Price / Book1.581.464.984.32
Net Income$169.19M$1.21B$623.51M$995.66M
7 Day Performance1.77%10.60%3.06%1.91%
1 Month Performance3.01%7.10%2.17%-0.54%
1 Year Performance77.52%-5.17%106.02%14.76%

Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LOMA
Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina
2.1443 of 5 stars
$11.81
-4.3%
$14.80
+25.4%
+104.2%$1.38B$767.70M14.052,821
WFG
West Fraser Timber
3.4379 of 5 stars
$70.14
+0.5%
$100.00
+42.6%
-14.3%$5.35B$6.17B-40.089,700
ACA
Arcosa
4.3209 of 5 stars
$83.86
+0.2%
$104.00
+24.0%
+7.5%$4.08B$2.57B52.746,250News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
SKY
Champion Homes
2.1664 of 5 stars
$65.42
+0.9%
$80.60
+23.2%
-18.4%$3.71B$2.48B19.139,000Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
TGLS
Tecnoglass
3.2513 of 5 stars
$76.49
+1.3%
$83.00
+8.5%
+58.2%$3.59B$919.84M23.906,910Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
CXT
Crane NXT
3.6315 of 5 stars
$57.26
+0.3%
$73.75
+28.8%
+5.3%$3.28B$1.49B19.684,500Positive News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
USLM
United States Lime & Minerals
0.7985 of 5 stars
$103.64
+4.7%
N/A+53.5%$2.84B$317.72M23.77340
HLMN
Hillman Solutions
2.9879 of 5 stars
$8.13
+4.9%
$10.75
+32.2%
+6.1%$1.53B$1.47B90.343,886Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
HLIO
Helios Technologies
1.7983 of 5 stars
$36.84
+4.0%
$44.00
+19.5%
+13.1%$1.23B$789.40M32.602,350Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
JBI
Janus International Group
0.747 of 5 stars
$8.75
+2.3%
$10.00
+14.3%
-12.7%$1.20B$963.80M25.001,883News Coverage
Earnings Report
Gap Up
LEGH
Legacy Housing
1.4987 of 5 stars
$23.15
+1.8%
$27.50
+18.8%
-10.6%$548.68M$184.19M10.11880Earnings Report

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