SSD vs. LII, BLDR, MAS, OC, AOS, TREX, UFPI, AAON, AWI, and GFF
Should you be buying Simpson Manufacturing stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Simpson Manufacturing include Lennox International (LII), Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Masco (MAS), Owens Corning (OC), A. O. Smith (AOS), Trex (TREX), UFP Industries (UFPI), AAON (AAON), Armstrong World Industries (AWI), and Griffon (GFF). These companies are all part of the "building products" industry.
Lennox International (NYSE:LII) and Simpson Manufacturing (NYSE:SSD) are both construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation and risk.
Simpson Manufacturing has a net margin of 15.03% compared to Simpson Manufacturing's net margin of 12.85%. Simpson Manufacturing's return on equity of 198.36% beat Lennox International's return on equity.
Lennox International currently has a consensus price target of $543.62, indicating a potential downside of 5.10%. Simpson Manufacturing has a consensus price target of $215.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.71%. Given Lennox International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Simpson Manufacturing is more favorable than Lennox International.
Lennox International pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Simpson Manufacturing pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Lennox International pays out 26.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Simpson Manufacturing pays out 14.0% 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. Lennox International has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Lennox International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
67.1% of Lennox International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.7% of Simpson Manufacturing shares are held by institutional investors. 10.4% of Lennox International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Simpson Manufacturing shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Lennox International has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Simpson Manufacturing has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Lennox International had 2 more articles in the media than Simpson Manufacturing. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Lennox International and 26 mentions for Simpson Manufacturing. Simpson Manufacturing's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Lennox International's score of 0.36 indicating that Lennox International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lennox International has higher revenue and earnings than Simpson Manufacturing. Simpson Manufacturing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lennox International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lennox International received 163 more outperform votes than Simpson Manufacturing when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.96% of users gave Simpson Manufacturing an outperform vote while only 47.72% of users gave Lennox International an outperform vote.
Summary
Lennox International beats Simpson Manufacturing on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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