Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN) Competitors

Beacon Roofing Supply (NASDAQ:BECN) and Boise Cascade (NYSE:BCC) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BECN or BCC?

Boise Cascade has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Beacon Roofing Supply. Boise Cascade is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Beacon Roofing Supply, 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
Beacon Roofing Supply	$9.12B	0.67	$435M	$5.85	16.88
Boise Cascade	$6.80B	0.79	$483.66M	$10.22	13.71

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BECN or BCC?

Beacon Roofing Supply received 160 more outperform votes than Boise Cascade when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.05% of users gave Beacon Roofing Supply an outperform vote while only 58.39% of users gave Boise Cascade an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Beacon Roofing Supply	Outperform Votes 442 61.05%	Underperform Votes 282 38.95%
Boise Cascade	Outperform Votes 282 58.39%	Underperform Votes 201 41.61%

Which has more risk and volatility, BECN or BCC?

Beacon Roofing Supply has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boise Cascade has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BECN or BCC more profitable?

Boise Cascade has a net margin of 5.95% compared to Beacon Roofing Supply's net margin of 3.86%. Beacon Roofing Supply's return on equity of 25.32% beat Boise Cascade's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Beacon Roofing Supply	3.86%	25.32%	6.67%
Boise Cascade	5.95%	18.24%	11.42%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BECN or BCC?

98.5% of Beacon Roofing Supply shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.2% of Boise Cascade shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Beacon Roofing Supply shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Boise Cascade shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to BECN or BCC?

In the previous week, Beacon Roofing Supply had 2 more articles in the media than Boise Cascade. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Beacon Roofing Supply and 8 mentions for Boise Cascade. Beacon Roofing Supply's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Boise Cascade's score of 0.70 indicating that Beacon Roofing Supply is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Beacon Roofing Supply	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Boise Cascade	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend BECN or BCC?

Beacon Roofing Supply presently has a consensus target price of $115.22, suggesting a potential upside of 16.68%. Boise Cascade has a consensus target price of $139.60, suggesting a potential downside of 0.35%. Given Beacon Roofing Supply's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Beacon Roofing Supply is more favorable than Boise Cascade.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Beacon Roofing Supply	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Boise Cascade	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Summary

Beacon Roofing Supply beats Boise Cascade on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.