American Woodmark (AMWD) Competitors

American Woodmark (NASDAQ:AMWD) and Griffon (NYSE:GFF) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Do analysts prefer AMWD or GFF?

American Woodmark presently has a consensus target price of $114.00, indicating a potential upside of 86.61%. Griffon has a consensus target price of $98.75, indicating a potential upside of 31.90%. Given American Woodmark's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe American Woodmark is more favorable than Griffon.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
American Woodmark	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Griffon	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AMWD or GFF?

American Woodmark received 103 more outperform votes than Griffon when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.75% of users gave Griffon an outperform vote while only 60.03% of users gave American Woodmark an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
American Woodmark	Outperform Votes 368 60.03%	Underperform Votes 245 39.97%
Griffon	Outperform Votes 265 66.75%	Underperform Votes 132 33.25%

Is AMWD or GFF more profitable?

Griffon has a net margin of 9.13% compared to American Woodmark's net margin of 5.90%. Griffon's return on equity of 120.61% beat American Woodmark's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Woodmark	5.90%	12.70%	7.21%
Griffon	9.13%	120.61%	11.15%

Does the media refer more to AMWD or GFF?

In the previous week, Griffon had 5 more articles in the media than American Woodmark. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Griffon and 6 mentions for American Woodmark. American Woodmark's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Griffon's score of 0.90 indicating that American Woodmark is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
American Woodmark	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Griffon	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, AMWD or GFF?

Griffon has higher revenue and earnings than American Woodmark. American Woodmark is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Griffon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
American Woodmark	$1.76B	0.51	$116.22M	$6.46	9.46
Griffon	$2.61B	1.38	$209.90M	$4.90	15.28

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of AMWD or GFF?

95.5% of American Woodmark shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.2% of Griffon shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of American Woodmark shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of Griffon shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, AMWD or GFF?

American Woodmark has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Griffon has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Griffon beats American Woodmark on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.