Apogee Enterprises (APOG) Competitors

Apogee Enterprises (NASDAQ:APOG) and Griffon (NYSE:GFF) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Is APOG or GFF a better dividend stock?

Apogee Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Griffon pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Apogee Enterprises pays out 23.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Griffon pays out 14.7% 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. Apogee Enterprises has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Apogee Enterprises is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, APOG or GFF?

Griffon has higher revenue and earnings than Apogee Enterprises. Apogee Enterprises 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
Apogee Enterprises	$1.38B	0.72	$99.61M	$4.48	10.14
Griffon	$2.61B	1.28	$209.90M	$4.90	14.22

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in APOG or GFF?

94.1% of Apogee Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.2% of Griffon shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Apogee Enterprises shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of Griffon shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is APOG or GFF more profitable?

Griffon has a net margin of 9.13% compared to Apogee Enterprises' net margin of 7.14%. Griffon's return on equity of 120.61% beat Apogee Enterprises' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Apogee Enterprises	7.14%	23.14%	11.84%
Griffon	9.13%	120.61%	11.15%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor APOG or GFF?

Apogee Enterprises received 41 more outperform votes than Griffon when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.83% of users gave Griffon an outperform vote while only 61.77% of users gave Apogee Enterprises an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Apogee Enterprises	Outperform Votes 307 61.77%	Underperform Votes 190 38.23%
Griffon	Outperform Votes 266 66.83%	Underperform Votes 132 33.17%

Does the media favor APOG or GFF?

In the previous week, Griffon had 6 more articles in the media than Apogee Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Griffon and 6 mentions for Apogee Enterprises. Griffon's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Apogee Enterprises' score of 0.87 indicating that Griffon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Apogee Enterprises	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Griffon	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend APOG or GFF?

Apogee Enterprises presently has a consensus price target of $62.00, indicating a potential upside of 36.44%. Griffon has a consensus price target of $97.20, indicating a potential upside of 39.46%. Given Griffon's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Griffon is more favorable than Apogee Enterprises.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Apogee Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Griffon	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.40

Which has more risk and volatility, APOG or GFF?

Apogee Enterprises has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Griffon has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Griffon beats Apogee Enterprises on 17 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.