WY vs. VMC, MLM, PWR, ROL, NVR, HWM, URI, PHM, LEN, and WSO.B
Should you be buying Weyerhaeuser stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Weyerhaeuser include Vulcan Materials (VMC), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), Quanta Services (PWR), Rollins (ROL), NVR (NVR), Howmet Aerospace (HWM), United Rentals (URI), PulteGroup (PHM), Lennar (LEN), and Watsco (WSO.B). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Weyerhaeuser vs.
Weyerhaeuser (NYSE:WY) and Vulcan Materials (NYSE:VMC) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
Weyerhaeuser has a net margin of 18.46% compared to Vulcan Materials' net margin of 7.87%. Weyerhaeuser's return on equity of 21.08% beat Vulcan Materials' return on equity.
In the previous week, Vulcan Materials had 8 more articles in the media than Weyerhaeuser. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Vulcan Materials and 6 mentions for Weyerhaeuser. Weyerhaeuser's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Vulcan Materials' score of -0.07 indicating that Weyerhaeuser is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Weyerhaeuser currently has a consensus target price of $37.43, indicating a potential upside of 31.33%. Vulcan Materials has a consensus target price of $204.25, indicating a potential upside of 22.84%. Given Weyerhaeuser's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Weyerhaeuser is more favorable than Vulcan Materials.
Weyerhaeuser has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vulcan Materials has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Vulcan Materials received 51 more outperform votes than Weyerhaeuser when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.04% of users gave Vulcan Materials an outperform vote while only 65.59% of users gave Weyerhaeuser an outperform vote.
Weyerhaeuser has higher revenue and earnings than Vulcan Materials. Weyerhaeuser is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vulcan Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Weyerhaeuser pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Vulcan Materials pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Weyerhaeuser pays out 30.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vulcan Materials pays out 39.9% 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. Weyerhaeuser is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
80.9% of Weyerhaeuser shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.1% of Vulcan Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Weyerhaeuser shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Vulcan Materials shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Weyerhaeuser beats Vulcan Materials on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WY and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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