WSO.B vs. WSO, LII, EME, MAS, JHX, OC, RPM, ACM, BLD, and ROL
Should you be buying Watsco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Watsco include Watsco (WSO), Lennox International (LII), EMCOR Group (EME), Masco (MAS), James Hardie Industries (JHX), Owens Corning (OC), RPM International (RPM), AECOM (ACM), TopBuild (BLD), and Rollins (ROL). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Watsco (NYSE:WSO) and Watsco (NYSE:WSO.B) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.
Watsco pays an annual dividend of $10.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Watsco pays an annual dividend of $10.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Watsco pays out 83.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Watsco pays out 83.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Watsco has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Watsco is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Watsco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Watsco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Watsco has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Watsco has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Watsco received 231 more outperform votes than Watsco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.11% of users gave Watsco an outperform vote while only 55.46% of users gave Watsco an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Watsco had 17 more articles in the media than Watsco. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Watsco and 4 mentions for Watsco. Watsco's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Watsco's score of 0.06 indicating that Watsco is being referred to more favorably in the media.
89.7% of Watsco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Watsco shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.3% of Watsco shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of Watsco shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Watsco currently has a consensus price target of $404.25, indicating a potential downside of 8.92%. Given Watsco's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Watsco is more favorable than Watsco.
Summary
Watsco beats Watsco on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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