UFPI vs. BLDR, LII, OC, MAS, AOS, TREX, SSD, AAON, AWI, and GFF
Should you be buying UFP Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UFP Industries include Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Lennox International (LII), Owens Corning (OC), Masco (MAS), A. O. Smith (AOS), Trex (TREX), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), AAON (AAON), Armstrong World Industries (AWI), and Griffon (GFF). These companies are all part of the "building products" industry.
UFP Industries (NASDAQ:UFPI) and Builders FirstSource (NYSE:BLDR) are both construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.
Builders FirstSource has higher revenue and earnings than UFP Industries. Builders FirstSource is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UFP Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
81.8% of UFP Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Builders FirstSource shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of UFP Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Builders FirstSource shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
UFP Industries has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Builders FirstSource has a beta of 2.08, suggesting that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Builders FirstSource has a net margin of 8.57% compared to UFP Industries' net margin of 7.24%. Builders FirstSource's return on equity of 38.66% beat UFP Industries' return on equity.
In the previous week, Builders FirstSource had 7 more articles in the media than UFP Industries. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Builders FirstSource and 7 mentions for UFP Industries. Builders FirstSource's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat UFP Industries' score of 0.78 indicating that Builders FirstSource is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Builders FirstSource received 249 more outperform votes than UFP Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.88% of users gave Builders FirstSource an outperform vote while only 61.92% of users gave UFP Industries an outperform vote.
UFP Industries currently has a consensus target price of $116.50, suggesting a potential downside of 2.49%. Builders FirstSource has a consensus target price of $196.27, suggesting a potential upside of 22.06%. Given Builders FirstSource's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Builders FirstSource is more favorable than UFP Industries.
Summary
Builders FirstSource beats UFP Industries on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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