ROCK vs. JBI, USLM, ASPN, PATK, HLMN, WGO, DFH, GVA, CCS, and FTDR
Should you be buying Gibraltar Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gibraltar Industries include Janus International Group (JBI), United States Lime & Minerals (USLM), Aspen Aerogels (ASPN), Patrick Industries (PATK), Hillman Solutions (HLMN), Winnebago Industries (WGO), Dream Finders Homes (DFH), Granite Construction (GVA), Century Communities (CCS), and Frontdoor (FTDR). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Gibraltar Industries (NASDAQ:ROCK) and Janus International Group (NYSE:JBI) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk and profitability.
98.4% of Gibraltar Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.8% of Janus International Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Gibraltar Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Janus International Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Gibraltar Industries had 1 more articles in the media than Janus International Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Gibraltar Industries and 3 mentions for Janus International Group. Gibraltar Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Janus International Group's score of 0.74 indicating that Gibraltar Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Janus International Group has a net margin of 13.14% compared to Gibraltar Industries' net margin of 8.31%. Janus International Group's return on equity of 28.95% beat Gibraltar Industries' return on equity.
Janus International Group has a consensus target price of $16.30, suggesting a potential upside of 15.19%. Given Janus International Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Janus International Group is more favorable than Gibraltar Industries.
Gibraltar Industries has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Janus International Group has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Gibraltar Industries received 264 more outperform votes than Janus International Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.34% of users gave Gibraltar Industries an outperform vote while only 41.38% of users gave Janus International Group an outperform vote.
Janus International Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Gibraltar Industries. Janus International Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gibraltar Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Gibraltar Industries beats Janus International Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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