WSO.B vs. WSO, RPM, EME, MAS, LII, OC, JHX, FND, BLD, and TOL
Should you be buying Watsco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Watsco include Watsco (WSO), RPM International (RPM), EMCOR Group (EME), Masco (MAS), Lennox International (LII), Owens Corning (OC), James Hardie Industries (JHX), Floor & Decor (FND), TopBuild (BLD), and Toll Brothers (TOL). 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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment and community ranking.
In the previous week, Watsco had 9 more articles in the media than Watsco. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Watsco and 2 mentions for Watsco. Watsco's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Watsco's score of 1.00 indicating that Watsco is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Watsco pays an annual dividend of $9.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Watsco pays an annual dividend of $9.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Watsco pays out 71.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Watsco pays out 71.7% 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. Watsco has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years.
Watsco currently has a consensus price target of $396.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.50%. Given Watsco's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Watsco is more favorable than Watsco.
Watsco received 229 more outperform votes than Watsco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.11% of users gave Watsco an outperform vote while only 55.31% of users gave Watsco an outperform vote.
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 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Watsco has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
89.5% of Watsco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Watsco shares are held by institutional investors. 13.3% of Watsco shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of Watsco shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Watsco beats Watsco on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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