UFP Industries (UFPI) Competitors

UFP Industries (NASDAQ:UFPI) and Lennox International (NYSE:LII) are both construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Do analysts recommend UFPI or LII?

UFP Industries currently has a consensus target price of $148.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.06%. Lennox International has a consensus target price of $583.92, indicating a potential downside of 6.63%. Given UFP Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe UFP Industries is more favorable than Lennox International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
UFP Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Lennox International	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the media favor UFPI or LII?

In the previous week, UFP Industries had 3 more articles in the media than Lennox International. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for UFP Industries and 7 mentions for Lennox International. UFP Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Lennox International's score of 0.50 indicating that UFP Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
UFP Industries	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lennox International	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, UFPI or LII?

Lennox International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than UFP Industries. UFP Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lennox International, 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
UFP Industries	$7.22B	1.08	$514.31M	$7.27	17.69
Lennox International	$4.98B	4.47	$590.10M	$21.06	29.69

Is UFPI or LII more profitable?

Lennox International has a net margin of 14.63% compared to UFP Industries' net margin of 6.70%. Lennox International's return on equity of 148.52% beat UFP Industries' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
UFP Industries	6.70%	14.45%	10.94%
Lennox International	14.63%	148.52%	23.94%

Is UFPI or LII a better dividend stock?

UFP Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Lennox International pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. UFP Industries pays out 18.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lennox International pays out 21.8% 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. Lennox International has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. UFP Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in UFPI or LII?

81.8% of UFP Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.1% of Lennox International shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of UFP Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Lennox International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, UFPI or LII?

UFP Industries has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lennox International has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor UFPI or LII?

Lennox International received 88 more outperform votes than UFP Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.14% of users gave UFP Industries an outperform vote while only 47.50% of users gave Lennox International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
UFP Industries	Outperform Votes 302 62.14%	Underperform Votes 184 37.86%
Lennox International	Outperform Votes 390 47.50%	Underperform Votes 431 52.50%

Summary

Lennox International beats UFP Industries on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.