TREX vs. LII, BLDR, MAS, OC, AOS, SSD, UFPI, AAON, AWI, and GFF
Should you be buying Trex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Trex include Lennox International (LII), Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Masco (MAS), Owens Corning (OC), A. O. Smith (AOS), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), 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 Trex (NYSE:TREX) are both construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Trex received 50 more outperform votes than Lennox International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.30% of users gave Trex an outperform vote while only 47.72% of users gave Lennox International an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Lennox International had 15 more articles in the media than Trex. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Lennox International and 13 mentions for Trex. Lennox International's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Trex's score of 0.51 indicating that Trex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lennox International has higher revenue and earnings than Trex. Lennox International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lennox International presently has a consensus target price of $543.62, indicating a potential downside of 5.42%. Trex has a consensus target price of $88.76, indicating a potential upside of 6.51%. Given Lennox International's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Trex is more favorable than Lennox International.
67.1% of Lennox International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Trex shares are held by institutional investors. 10.4% of Lennox International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Trex shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Trex has a net margin of 20.60% compared to Trex's net margin of 12.85%. Trex's return on equity of 198.36% beat Lennox International's return on equity.
Lennox International has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trex has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Trex beats Lennox International on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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