Masco (MAS) Competitors

Masco (NYSE:MAS) and James Hardie Industries (NYSE:JHX) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MAS or JHX?

Masco received 471 more outperform votes than James Hardie Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.18% of users gave Masco an outperform vote while only 61.07% of users gave James Hardie Industries an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Masco	Outperform Votes 700 67.18%	Underperform Votes 342 32.82%
James Hardie Industries	Outperform Votes 229 61.07%	Underperform Votes 146 38.93%

Is MAS or JHX more profitable?

James Hardie Industries has a net margin of 13.56% compared to Masco's net margin of 9.65%. James Hardie Industries' return on equity of 40.54% beat Masco's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Masco	9.65%	-237.83%	15.50%
James Hardie Industries	13.56%	40.54%	14.10%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MAS or JHX?

91.5% of Masco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.2% of James Hardie Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Masco shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate MAS or JHX?

Masco presently has a consensus target price of $58.71, indicating a potential upside of 19.68%. James Hardie Industries has a consensus target price of $29.80, indicating a potential upside of 17.88%. Given Masco's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Masco is more favorable than James Hardie Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Masco	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
James Hardie Industries	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media favor MAS or JHX?

In the previous week, Masco had 1 more articles in the media than James Hardie Industries. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Masco and 2 mentions for James Hardie Industries. James Hardie Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Masco's score of 0.73 indicating that James Hardie Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Masco	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
James Hardie Industries	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, MAS or JHX?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Masco	$8.68 billion	1.27	$844 million	$3.57	13.74
James Hardie Industries	$3.78 billion	2.98	$512 million	$1.15	22.17

Which has more risk and volatility, MAS or JHX?

Masco has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, James Hardie Industries has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Masco beats James Hardie Industries on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.