RYN vs. PCH, GTES, KNF, KBH, SKY, MDC, AWI, DY, ACA, and LPX
Should you be buying Rayonier stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rayonier include PotlatchDeltic (PCH), Gates Industrial (GTES), Knife River (KNF), KB Home (KBH), Skyline Champion (SKY), M.D.C. (MDC), Armstrong World Industries (AWI), Dycom Industries (DY), Arcosa (ACA), and Louisiana-Pacific (LPX). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
PotlatchDeltic (NASDAQ:PCH) and Rayonier (NYSE:RYN) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
PotlatchDeltic pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Rayonier pays an annual dividend of $1.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. PotlatchDeltic pays out 233.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Rayonier pays out 97.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Rayonier has a net margin of 16.41% compared to Rayonier's net margin of 6.06%. PotlatchDeltic's return on equity of 2.89% beat Rayonier's return on equity.
PotlatchDeltic presently has a consensus price target of $51.33, indicating a potential upside of 23.84%. Rayonier has a consensus price target of $34.50, indicating a potential upside of 13.30%. Given Rayonier's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PotlatchDeltic is more favorable than Rayonier.
Rayonier has higher revenue and earnings than PotlatchDeltic. Rayonier is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PotlatchDeltic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, PotlatchDeltic had 11 more articles in the media than Rayonier. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for PotlatchDeltic and 4 mentions for Rayonier. Rayonier's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat PotlatchDeltic's score of 0.64 indicating that PotlatchDeltic is being referred to more favorably in the media.
86.1% of PotlatchDeltic shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Rayonier shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of PotlatchDeltic shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Rayonier shares are owned 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.
Rayonier received 21 more outperform votes than PotlatchDeltic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.25% of users gave Rayonier an outperform vote while only 53.04% of users gave PotlatchDeltic an outperform vote.
PotlatchDeltic has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rayonier has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Rayonier beats PotlatchDeltic on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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