MAS vs. JHX, ACM, RPM, WSO.B, LII, FND, OC, WSO, CX, and EME
Should you be buying Masco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Masco include James Hardie Industries (JHX), AECOM (ACM), RPM International (RPM), Watsco (WSO.B), Lennox International (LII), Floor & Decor (FND), Owens Corning (OC), Watsco (WSO), CEMEX (CX), and EMCOR Group (EME). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Masco vs.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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