MAS vs. OC, JHX, RPM, EME, WSO.B, LII, WMS, BLD, TOL, and FND
Should you be buying Masco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Masco include Owens Corning (OC), James Hardie Industries (JHX), RPM International (RPM), EMCOR Group (EME), Watsco (WSO.B), Lennox International (LII), Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS), TopBuild (BLD), Toll Brothers (TOL), and Floor & Decor (FND). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Masco (NYSE:MAS) and Owens Corning (NYSE:OC) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Masco has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Owens Corning has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Masco pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Owens Corning pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Masco pays out 28.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Owens Corning pays out 19.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Masco currently has a consensus target price of $72.15, suggesting a potential upside of 2.84%. Owens Corning has a consensus target price of $168.21, suggesting a potential downside of 4.63%. Given Masco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Masco is more favorable than Owens Corning.
In the previous week, Owens Corning had 1 more articles in the media than Masco. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Owens Corning and 15 mentions for Masco. Owens Corning's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Masco's score of 0.56 indicating that Owens Corning is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Owens Corning has higher revenue and earnings than Masco. Owens Corning is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Masco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Owens Corning received 17 more outperform votes than Masco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.24% of users gave Masco an outperform vote while only 63.42% of users gave Owens Corning an outperform vote.
Masco has a net margin of 11.60% compared to Owens Corning's net margin of 11.53%. Masco's return on equity of 865.37% beat Owens Corning's return on equity.
93.9% of Masco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.4% of Owens Corning shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Masco shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Owens Corning shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Masco beats Owens Corning on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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