OC vs. LII, BLDR, MAS, AOS, TREX, UFPI, SSD, AAON, AWI, and GFF
Should you be buying Owens Corning stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Owens Corning include Lennox International (LII), Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Masco (MAS), A. O. Smith (AOS), Trex (TREX), UFP Industries (UFPI), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), AAON (AAON), Armstrong World Industries (AWI), and Griffon (GFF). These companies are all part of the "building products" industry.
Owens Corning (NYSE:OC) and Lennox International (NYSE:LII) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, valuation and earnings.
In the previous week, Lennox International had 27 more articles in the media than Owens Corning. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Lennox International and 7 mentions for Owens Corning. Owens Corning's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Lennox International's score of 0.51 indicating that Owens Corning is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Owens Corning received 353 more outperform votes than Lennox International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.39% of users gave Owens Corning an outperform vote while only 47.72% of users gave Lennox International an outperform vote.
Owens Corning has higher revenue and earnings than Lennox International. Owens Corning is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lennox International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Owens Corning has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lennox International has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Owens Corning pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Lennox International pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Owens Corning pays out 19.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lennox International pays out 26.7% 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. Owens Corning is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Lennox International has a net margin of 12.85% compared to Owens Corning's net margin of 11.53%. Lennox International's return on equity of 198.36% beat Owens Corning's return on equity.
Owens Corning presently has a consensus price target of $183.92, suggesting a potential upside of 2.13%. Lennox International has a consensus price target of $543.62, suggesting a potential downside of 5.10%. Given Owens Corning's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Owens Corning is more favorable than Lennox International.
88.4% of Owens Corning shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.1% of Lennox International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Owens Corning shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Lennox International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Owens Corning beats Lennox International on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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