OC vs. MAS, JHX, RPM, WMS, BLD, TOL, EME, FND, WSO.B, and LII
Should you be buying Owens Corning stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Owens Corning include Masco (MAS), James Hardie Industries (JHX), RPM International (RPM), Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS), TopBuild (BLD), Toll Brothers (TOL), EMCOR Group (EME), Floor & Decor (FND), Watsco (WSO.B), and Lennox International (LII). 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 superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and profitability.
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 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 has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years and Owens Corning has increased its dividend for 9 consecutive years. Masco is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Masco has a net margin of 11.60% compared to Masco's net margin of 11.53%. Owens Corning's return on equity of 865.37% beat Masco's return on equity.
Masco has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Owens Corning has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Masco currently has a consensus target price of $72.15, indicating a potential upside of 2.84%. Owens Corning has a consensus target price of $168.21, indicating a potential downside of 4.63%. Given Owens Corning's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research 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. Masco's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Owens Corning's score of 0.70 indicating that Owens Corning is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
93.9% of Masco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.4% of Owens Corning shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Masco shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Owens Corning shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Summary
Masco beats Owens Corning on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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