ROCK vs. USLM, JBI, PATK, ASPN, PRIM, HLMN, WGO, CCS, GVA, and FTDR
Should you be buying Gibraltar Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gibraltar Industries include United States Lime & Minerals (USLM), Janus International Group (JBI), Patrick Industries (PATK), Aspen Aerogels (ASPN), Primoris Services (PRIM), Hillman Solutions (HLMN), Winnebago Industries (WGO), Century Communities (CCS), Granite Construction (GVA), and Frontdoor (FTDR). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
United States Lime & Minerals (NASDAQ:USLM) and Gibraltar Industries (NASDAQ:ROCK) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Gibraltar Industries received 90 more outperform votes than United States Lime & Minerals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.13% of users gave United States Lime & Minerals an outperform vote while only 64.34% of users gave Gibraltar Industries an outperform vote.
United States Lime & Minerals has a net margin of 27.91% compared to United States Lime & Minerals' net margin of 8.31%. Gibraltar Industries' return on equity of 20.70% beat United States Lime & Minerals' return on equity.
In the previous week, Gibraltar Industries had 1 more articles in the media than United States Lime & Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Gibraltar Industries and 2 mentions for United States Lime & Minerals. United States Lime & Minerals' average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Gibraltar Industries' score of 1.41 indicating that Gibraltar Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gibraltar Industries has higher revenue and earnings than United States Lime & Minerals. Gibraltar Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United States Lime & Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
United States Lime & Minerals has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gibraltar Industries has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
27.1% of United States Lime & Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.4% of Gibraltar Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of United States Lime & Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Gibraltar Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
United States Lime & Minerals beats Gibraltar Industries on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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