APOG vs. GFF, PATK, ROCK, AMWD, NX, IIIN, LII, BLDR, MAS, and OC
Should you be buying Apogee Enterprises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Apogee Enterprises include Griffon (GFF), Patrick Industries (PATK), Gibraltar Industries (ROCK), American Woodmark (AMWD), Quanex Building Products (NX), Insteel Industries (IIIN), Lennox International (LII), Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Masco (MAS), and Owens Corning (OC). These companies are all part of the "building products" industry.
Apogee Enterprises vs.
Griffon (NYSE:GFF) and Apogee Enterprises (NASDAQ:APOG) are both multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
Apogee Enterprises received 49 more outperform votes than Griffon when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.15% of users gave Griffon an outperform vote while only 61.77% of users gave Apogee Enterprises an outperform vote.
Griffon pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Apogee Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Griffon pays out 17.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Apogee Enterprises pays out 23.2% 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 increased 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.
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.
Griffon has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apogee Enterprises has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Griffon presently has a consensus target price of $91.67, indicating a potential upside of 20.92%. Apogee Enterprises has a consensus target price of $62.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.52%. Given Apogee Enterprises' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Apogee Enterprises is more favorable than Griffon.
Griffon has a net margin of 8.00% compared to Apogee Enterprises' net margin of 7.14%. Griffon's return on equity of 108.70% beat Apogee Enterprises' return on equity.
73.2% of Griffon shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.1% of Apogee Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 16.1% of Griffon shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Apogee Enterprises shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Griffon had 1 more articles in the media than Apogee Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Griffon and 6 mentions for Apogee Enterprises. Apogee Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Griffon's score of 0.28 indicating that Apogee Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Griffon beats Apogee Enterprises on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:APOG) was last updated on 2/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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