Owens Corning (OC) Competitors

Boise Cascade (NYSE:BCC) and Owens Corning (NYSE:OC) are both construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BCC or OC?

96.2% of Boise Cascade shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.4% of Owens Corning shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Boise Cascade shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Owens Corning shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, BCC or OC?

Owens Corning has higher revenue and earnings than Boise Cascade. Boise Cascade is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Owens Corning, 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
Boise Cascade	$6.56B	0.44	$376.35M	$6.81	11.23
Owens Corning	$10.98B	1.02	$647M	$3.85	34.74

Does the media prefer BCC or OC?

In the previous week, Owens Corning had 12 more articles in the media than Boise Cascade. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Owens Corning and 4 mentions for Boise Cascade. Boise Cascade's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Owens Corning's score of 0.48 indicating that Boise Cascade is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Boise Cascade	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Owens Corning	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, BCC or OC?

Boise Cascade has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Owens Corning has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer BCC or OC?

Boise Cascade presently has a consensus target price of $110.67, indicating a potential upside of 44.74%. Owens Corning has a consensus target price of $181.92, indicating a potential upside of 36.00%. Given Boise Cascade's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Boise Cascade is more favorable than Owens Corning.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Boise Cascade	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Owens Corning	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is BCC or OC a better dividend stock?

Boise Cascade pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Owens Corning pays an annual dividend of $2.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Boise Cascade pays out 12.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Owens Corning pays out 71.7% 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. Boise Cascade has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years and Owens Corning has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years. Owens Corning is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is BCC or OC more profitable?

Boise Cascade has a net margin of 4.00% compared to Owens Corning's net margin of 2.98%. Owens Corning's return on equity of 24.49% beat Boise Cascade's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Boise Cascade	4.00%	12.26%	7.64%
Owens Corning	2.98%	24.49%	8.85%

Summary

Owens Corning beats Boise Cascade on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.