AWI vs. LII, OC, MAS, AOS, TREX, UFPI, SSD, AAON, GFF, and PATK
Should you be buying Armstrong World Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Armstrong World Industries include Lennox International (LII), Owens Corning (OC), Masco (MAS), A. O. Smith (AOS), Trex (TREX), UFP Industries (UFPI), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), AAON (AAON), Griffon (GFF), and Patrick Industries (PATK). These companies are all part of the "building products" industry.
Lennox International (NYSE:LII) and Armstrong World Industries (NYSE:AWI) are both construction companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability.
67.1% of Lennox International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of Armstrong World Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.4% of Lennox International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Armstrong World Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Lennox International has higher revenue and earnings than Armstrong World Industries. Armstrong World Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lennox International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lennox International pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Armstrong World Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Lennox International pays out 25.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Armstrong World Industries pays out 21.1% 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. Lennox International has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Armstrong World Industries has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Armstrong World Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Lennox International presently has a consensus target price of $484.62, suggesting a potential downside of 3.58%. Armstrong World Industries has a consensus target price of $110.17, suggesting a potential downside of 4.86%. Given Armstrong World Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Lennox International is more favorable than Armstrong World Industries.
Armstrong World Industries received 153 more outperform votes than Lennox International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.10% of users gave Armstrong World Industries an outperform vote while only 47.76% of users gave Lennox International an outperform vote.
Armstrong World Industries has a net margin of 18.03% compared to Armstrong World Industries' net margin of 12.38%. Armstrong World Industries' return on equity of 303.36% beat Lennox International's return on equity.
Lennox International has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Armstrong World Industries has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Armstrong World Industries had 1 more articles in the media than Lennox International. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Armstrong World Industries and 4 mentions for Lennox International. Lennox International's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Armstrong World Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that Armstrong World Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Lennox International beats Armstrong World Industries on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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