LII vs. BLDR, OC, MAS, AOS, TREX, UFPI, SSD, AAON, AWI, and GFF
Should you be buying Lennox International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lennox International include Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Owens Corning (OC), Masco (MAS), A. O. Smith (AOS), Trex (TREX), UFP Industries (UFPI), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), AAON (AAON), Armstrong World Industries (AWI), and Griffon (GFF). These companies are all part of the "building products" industry.
Builders FirstSource (NYSE:BLDR) and Lennox International (NYSE:LII) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and profitability.
Builders FirstSource has a beta of 2.08, indicating that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lennox International has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lennox International has a net margin of 12.38% compared to Lennox International's net margin of 8.57%. Builders FirstSource's return on equity of 303.36% beat Lennox International's return on equity.
Builders FirstSource has higher revenue and earnings than Lennox International. Builders FirstSource is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lennox International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Builders FirstSource received 161 more outperform votes than Lennox International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.88% of users gave Builders FirstSource an outperform vote while only 47.76% of users gave Lennox International an outperform vote.
Builders FirstSource presently has a consensus target price of $196.27, suggesting a potential upside of 22.06%. Lennox International has a consensus target price of $484.62, suggesting a potential downside of 3.58%. Given Lennox International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Builders FirstSource is more favorable than Lennox International.
95.5% of Builders FirstSource shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.1% of Lennox International shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Builders FirstSource shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Lennox International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Builders FirstSource had 10 more articles in the media than Lennox International. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Builders FirstSource and 4 mentions for Lennox International. Lennox International's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Builders FirstSource's score of 0.00 indicating that Builders FirstSource is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Builders FirstSource beats Lennox International on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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