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MAS vs. AWI, BLD, FBIN, OC, OTIS, PHM, SWK, URI, LII, and BLDR

Should you be buying Masco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Masco include Armstrong World Industries (AWI), TopBuild (BLD), Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN), Owens Corning (OC), Otis Worldwide (OTIS), PulteGroup (PHM), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), United Rentals (URI), Lennox International (LII), and Builders FirstSource (BLDR).

Masco vs. Its Competitors

Armstrong World Industries (NYSE:AWI) and Masco (NYSE:MAS) are both construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.

Armstrong World Industries has a net margin of 18.95% compared to Masco's net margin of 10.51%. Masco's return on equity of 1,519.31% beat Armstrong World Industries' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Armstrong World Industries18.95% 39.80% 16.79%
Masco 10.51%1,519.31%17.10%

Masco has higher revenue and earnings than Armstrong World Industries. Masco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Armstrong World Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Armstrong World Industries$1.45B5.90$264.90M$6.7629.19
Masco$7.83B2.02$822M$3.7720.05

Armstrong World Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Masco pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Armstrong World Industries pays out 18.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Masco pays out 32.9% 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. Armstrong World Industries has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Masco has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Masco is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Masco had 10 more articles in the media than Armstrong World Industries. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Masco and 14 mentions for Armstrong World Industries. Armstrong World Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Masco's score of 1.28 indicating that Armstrong World Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Armstrong World Industries
12 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Masco
19 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Armstrong World Industries presently has a consensus price target of $177.13, suggesting a potential downside of 10.23%. Masco has a consensus price target of $74.13, suggesting a potential downside of 1.90%. Given Masco's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Masco is more favorable than Armstrong World Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Armstrong World Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Masco
0 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.41

98.9% of Armstrong World Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Masco shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Armstrong World Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Masco shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Armstrong World Industries has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Masco has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Armstrong World Industries and Masco tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MAS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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MAS vs. The Competition

MetricMascoBLDG&CONST IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$15.14B$10.65B$9.38B$20.94B
Dividend Yield1.71%1.18%1.88%3.58%
P/E Ratio20.0521.8716.2229.11
Price / Sales2.021.96123.0452.94
Price / Cash14.9014.8815.0023.54
Price / Book104.967.474.935.45
Net Income$822M$580.08M$618.69M$992.10M
7 Day Performance2.79%0.84%6.58%2.61%
1 Month Performance11.37%5.94%8.60%1.46%
1 Year Performance-6.33%8.82%103.71%10.72%

Masco Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MAS
Masco
4.828 of 5 stars
$75.57
+4.5%
$74.13
-1.9%
-2.8%$15.14B$7.83B20.0518,000Positive News
Insider Trade
AWI
Armstrong World Industries
4.2543 of 5 stars
$189.55
+0.7%
$177.13
-6.6%
+59.7%$8.20B$1.45B28.043,600Positive News
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BLD
TopBuild
3.8075 of 5 stars
$415.39
0.0%
$394.67
-5.0%
+13.0%$11.69B$5.33B20.4513,984Trending News
Analyst Revision
FBIN
Fortune Brands Innovations
4.2262 of 5 stars
$55.11
-1.7%
$75.91
+37.7%
-21.7%$6.62B$4.50B17.3311,000News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
OC
Owens Corning
4.6513 of 5 stars
$141.93
-1.4%
$184.60
+30.1%
-4.8%$11.87B$11.74B36.8625,000News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↑
OTIS
Otis Worldwide
4.9176 of 5 stars
$86.06
-1.6%
$102.50
+19.1%
-5.7%$33.78B$14.26B22.7772,000Positive News
PHM
PulteGroup
4.858 of 5 stars
$120.24
-1.2%
$134.15
+11.6%
+2.4%$23.72B$17.95B8.996,793News Coverage
Positive News
Options Volume
SWK
Stanley Black & Decker
4.9499 of 5 stars
$68.87
-0.6%
$91.10
+32.3%
-21.0%$10.66B$15.16B21.8648,500News Coverage
Analyst Revision
URI
United Rentals
4.5271 of 5 stars
$869.68
+1.2%
$830.71
-4.5%
+29.7%$55.96B$15.35B22.4927,900Positive News
Analyst Forecast
LII
Lennox International
4.0484 of 5 stars
$582.18
0.0%
$635.33
+9.1%
+3.0%$20.45B$5.34B24.8914,200Analyst Revision
BLDR
Builders FirstSource
4.2762 of 5 stars
$128.96
-2.5%
$154.44
+19.8%
-13.8%$14.26B$15.94B19.5729,000Positive News
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This page (NYSE:MAS) was last updated on 8/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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