AZEK vs. ENTG, ATR, BERY, AWI, NWL, MYE, KRT, SWIM, TUP, and NCL
Should you be buying AZEK stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AZEK include Entegris (ENTG), AptarGroup (ATR), Berry Global Group (BERY), Armstrong World Industries (AWI), Newell Brands (NWL), Myers Industries (MYE), Karat Packaging (KRT), Latham Group (SWIM), Tupperware Brands (TUP), and Northann (NCL). These companies are all part of the "plastics products, not elsewhere classified" industry.
AZEK (NYSE:AZEK) and Entegris (NASDAQ:ENTG) are both construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and profitability.
Entegris has higher revenue and earnings than AZEK. AZEK is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Entegris, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Entegris received 422 more outperform votes than AZEK when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.73% of users gave Entegris an outperform vote while only 43.15% of users gave AZEK an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Entegris had 4 more articles in the media than AZEK. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Entegris and 7 mentions for AZEK. Entegris' average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat AZEK's score of 1.02 indicating that Entegris is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
97.4% of AZEK shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of AZEK shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Entegris shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
AZEK has a beta of 1.93, indicating that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Entegris has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Entegris has a net margin of 9.31% compared to AZEK's net margin of 8.57%. Entegris' return on equity of 11.94% beat AZEK's return on equity.
AZEK presently has a consensus target price of $44.83, suggesting a potential downside of 6.52%. Entegris has a consensus target price of $148.67, suggesting a potential upside of 17.66%. Given Entegris' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Entegris is more favorable than AZEK.
Summary
Entegris beats AZEK on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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