MAS vs. EME, WSO, LII, JHX, WSO.B, OC, RPM, ACM, BLD, and WMS
Should you be buying Masco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Masco include EMCOR Group (EME), Watsco (WSO), Lennox International (LII), James Hardie Industries (JHX), Watsco (WSO.B), Owens Corning (OC), RPM International (RPM), AECOM (ACM), TopBuild (BLD), and Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Masco (NYSE:MAS) and EMCOR Group (NYSE:EME) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
93.9% of Masco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of EMCOR Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Masco shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of EMCOR Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Masco currently has a consensus price target of $71.07, suggesting a potential upside of 1.65%. EMCOR Group has a consensus price target of $375.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.49%. Given EMCOR Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe EMCOR Group is more favorable than Masco.
Masco pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. EMCOR Group pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Masco pays out 28.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EMCOR Group pays out 7.5% 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.
Masco received 441 more outperform votes than EMCOR Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.30% of users gave Masco an outperform vote while only 63.68% of users gave EMCOR Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Masco had 18 more articles in the media than EMCOR Group. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Masco and 19 mentions for EMCOR Group. EMCOR Group's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Masco's score of 0.34 indicating that EMCOR Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Masco has a net margin of 11.60% compared to EMCOR Group's net margin of 5.03%. Masco's return on equity of 865.37% beat EMCOR Group's return on equity.
Masco has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EMCOR Group has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Masco has higher earnings, but lower revenue than EMCOR Group. Masco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EMCOR Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Masco beats EMCOR Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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