JHX vs. MAS, LII, OC, WSO.B, EME, RPM, WSO, TOL, WMS, and ACM Should you be buying James Hardie Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of James Hardie Industries include Masco (MAS), Lennox International (LII), Owens Corning (OC), Watsco (WSO.B), EMCOR Group (EME), RPM International (RPM), Watsco (WSO), Toll Brothers (TOL), Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS), and AECOM (ACM). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
James Hardie Industries (NYSE:JHX ) and Masco (NYSE:MAS ) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, community ranking, profitability and institutional ownership.
8.0% of James Hardie Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Masco shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Masco shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Masco has higher revenue and earnings than James Hardie Industries. Masco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than James Hardie Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Masco had 13 more articles in the media than James Hardie Industries. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Masco and 3 mentions for James Hardie Industries. Masco's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat James Hardie Industries' score of 0.35 indicating that Masco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
James Hardie Industries has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Masco has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
James Hardie Industries presently has a consensus price target of $35.50, indicating a potential downside of 3.43%. Masco has a consensus price target of $72.15, indicating a potential upside of 2.84%. Given Masco's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Masco is more favorable than James Hardie Industries.
Masco received 479 more outperform votes than James Hardie Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.24% of users gave Masco an outperform vote while only 61.60% of users gave James Hardie Industries an outperform vote.
James Hardie Industries has a net margin of 13.93% compared to Masco's net margin of 11.60%. Masco's return on equity of 865.37% beat James Hardie Industries' return on equity.
Summary Masco beats James Hardie Industries on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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