AOS vs. BLDR, LII, OC, MAS, TREX, UFPI, SSD, AAON, AWI, and GFF
Should you be buying A. O. Smith stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of A. O. Smith include Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Lennox International (LII), Owens Corning (OC), Masco (MAS), 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 A. O. Smith (NYSE:AOS) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Builders FirstSource received 86 more outperform votes than A. O. Smith when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.88% of users gave Builders FirstSource an outperform vote while only 62.28% of users gave A. O. Smith an outperform vote.
Builders FirstSource currently has a consensus target price of $196.27, suggesting a potential upside of 20.64%. A. O. Smith has a consensus target price of $90.67, suggesting a potential upside of 9.86%. Given A. O. Smith's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Builders FirstSource is more favorable than A. O. Smith.
Builders FirstSource has a beta of 2.08, meaning that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, A. O. Smith has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Builders FirstSource had 1 more articles in the media than A. O. Smith. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Builders FirstSource and 9 mentions for A. O. Smith. A. O. Smith's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Builders FirstSource's score of 1.31 indicating that Builders FirstSource is being referred to more favorably in the media.
95.5% of Builders FirstSource shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.1% of A. O. Smith shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Builders FirstSource shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of A. O. Smith shares are owned by 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.
A. O. Smith has a net margin of 14.94% compared to A. O. Smith's net margin of 8.57%. A. O. Smith's return on equity of 38.66% beat Builders FirstSource's return on equity.
Builders FirstSource has higher revenue and earnings than A. O. Smith. Builders FirstSource is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than A. O. Smith, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Builders FirstSource beats A. O. Smith on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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