ASPN vs. BECN, BCC, GMS, SGBX, TREX, MTZ, KBR, ALTR, AYI, and EXP
Should you be buying Aspen Aerogels stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aspen Aerogels include Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN), Boise Cascade (BCC), GMS (GMS), Safe & Green (SGBX), Trex (TREX), MasTec (MTZ), KBR (KBR), Altair Engineering (ALTR), Acuity Brands (AYI), and Eagle Materials (EXP).
Beacon Roofing Supply (NASDAQ:BECN) and Aspen Aerogels (NYSE:ASPN) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
98.4% of Beacon Roofing Supply shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.6% of Aspen Aerogels shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Beacon Roofing Supply shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Aspen Aerogels shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Beacon Roofing Supply has higher revenue and earnings than Aspen Aerogels. Beacon Roofing Supply is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aspen Aerogels, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Aspen Aerogels had 3 more articles in the media than Beacon Roofing Supply. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Aspen Aerogels and 8 mentions for Beacon Roofing Supply. Aspen Aerogels' average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Beacon Roofing Supply's score of 0.52 indicating that Beacon Roofing Supply is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Beacon Roofing Supply received 73 more outperform votes than Aspen Aerogels when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.41% of users gave Aspen Aerogels an outperform vote while only 60.81% of users gave Beacon Roofing Supply an outperform vote.
Beacon Roofing Supply has a net margin of 4.47% compared to Beacon Roofing Supply's net margin of -10.73%. Aspen Aerogels' return on equity of 26.39% beat Beacon Roofing Supply's return on equity.
Beacon Roofing Supply presently has a consensus price target of $109.45, suggesting a potential upside of 10.32%. Aspen Aerogels has a consensus price target of $29.71, suggesting a potential downside of 3.12%. Given Aspen Aerogels' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Beacon Roofing Supply is more favorable than Aspen Aerogels.
Beacon Roofing Supply has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aspen Aerogels has a beta of 2.29, indicating that its share price is 129% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Beacon Roofing Supply beats Aspen Aerogels on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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