MAS vs. BLDR, LII, OC, AOS, TREX, UFPI, SSD, AAON, AWI, and GFF
Should you be buying Masco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Masco include Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Lennox International (LII), Owens Corning (OC), 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 Masco (NYSE:MAS) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.
Masco has a net margin of 11.60% compared to Masco's net margin of 8.57%. Builders FirstSource's return on equity of 865.37% beat Masco's return on equity.
In the previous week, Builders FirstSource had 8 more articles in the media than Masco. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Builders FirstSource and 9 mentions for Masco. Builders FirstSource's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Masco's score of 1.00 indicating that Masco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
95.5% of Builders FirstSource shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Masco shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Builders FirstSource shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Masco shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Builders FirstSource currently has a consensus target price of $196.27, indicating a potential upside of 22.06%. Masco has a consensus target price of $72.15, indicating a potential upside of 3.19%. Given Masco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Builders FirstSource is more favorable than Masco.
Masco received 173 more outperform votes than Builders FirstSource when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.24% of users gave Masco an outperform vote while only 64.88% of users gave Builders FirstSource an outperform vote.
Builders FirstSource has a beta of 2.08, suggesting that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Masco has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Builders FirstSource has higher revenue and earnings than Masco. Builders FirstSource is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Masco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Builders FirstSource beats Masco on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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