BECN vs. WSO, AIT, WCC, GATX, AL, RUSHA, MSM, HEES, DXPE, and WLFC
Should you be buying Beacon Roofing Supply stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Beacon Roofing Supply include Watsco (WSO), Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), WESCO International (WCC), GATX (GATX), Air Lease (AL), Rush Enterprises (RUSHA), MSC Industrial Direct (MSM), H&E Equipment Services (HEES), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), and Willis Lease Finance (WLFC). These companies are all part of the "trading companies & distributors" industry.
Beacon Roofing Supply vs.
Watsco (NYSE:WSO) and Beacon Roofing Supply (NASDAQ:BECN) are both construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and valuation.
Beacon Roofing Supply received 112 more outperform votes than Watsco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.68% of users gave Beacon Roofing Supply an outperform vote while only 55.48% of users gave Watsco an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Watsco had 28 more articles in the media than Beacon Roofing Supply. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Watsco and 8 mentions for Beacon Roofing Supply. Watsco's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Beacon Roofing Supply's score of 0.61 indicating that Watsco is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Watsco presently has a consensus price target of $495.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.98%. Beacon Roofing Supply has a consensus price target of $120.17, suggesting a potential upside of 0.50%. Given Beacon Roofing Supply's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Beacon Roofing Supply is more favorable than Watsco.
Watsco has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beacon Roofing Supply has a beta of 1.62, indicating that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Watsco has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Beacon Roofing Supply. Beacon Roofing Supply is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Watsco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
89.7% of Watsco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of Beacon Roofing Supply shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.9% of Watsco shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Beacon Roofing Supply shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Watsco has a net margin of 7.04% compared to Beacon Roofing Supply's net margin of 3.86%. Beacon Roofing Supply's return on equity of 25.32% beat Watsco's return on equity.
Summary
Watsco and Beacon Roofing Supply tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BECN) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
