FTDR vs. ABM, DFH, GVA, ROAD, DOOR, CCS, PRIM, PATK, CVCO, and ROCK
Should you be buying Frontdoor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Frontdoor include ABM Industries (ABM), Dream Finders Homes (DFH), Granite Construction (GVA), Construction Partners (ROAD), Masonite International (DOOR), Century Communities (CCS), Primoris Services (PRIM), Patrick Industries (PATK), Cavco Industries (CVCO), and Gibraltar Industries (ROCK). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
ABM Industries (NYSE:ABM) and Frontdoor (NASDAQ:FTDR) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, earnings and community ranking.
ABM Industries has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frontdoor has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
91.6% of ABM Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of ABM Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Frontdoor 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.
In the previous week, ABM Industries and ABM Industries both had 8 articles in the media. ABM Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Frontdoor's score of 0.85 indicating that Frontdoor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ABM Industries received 188 more outperform votes than Frontdoor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.38% of users gave ABM Industries an outperform vote while only 58.41% of users gave Frontdoor an outperform vote.
Frontdoor has a net margin of 10.27% compared to Frontdoor's net margin of 3.15%. ABM Industries' return on equity of 132.00% beat Frontdoor's return on equity.
ABM Industries presently has a consensus target price of $45.20, suggesting a potential downside of 4.03%. Frontdoor has a consensus target price of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.39%. Given ABM Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Frontdoor is more favorable than ABM Industries.
ABM Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Frontdoor. ABM Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frontdoor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Frontdoor beats ABM Industries on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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