UFPI vs. LII, BLDR, MAS, OC, AAON, AOS, TREX, SSD, AWI, and GFF
Should you be buying UFP Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UFP Industries include Lennox International (LII), Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Masco (MAS), Owens Corning (OC), AAON (AAON), A. O. Smith (AOS), Trex (TREX), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), Armstrong World Industries (AWI), and Griffon (GFF). These companies are all part of the "building products" industry.
UFP Industries vs.
Lennox International (NYSE:LII) and UFP Industries (NASDAQ:UFPI) are both construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.
Lennox International has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UFP Industries has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lennox International has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
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.
Lennox International received 87 more outperform votes than UFP Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.09% of users gave UFP Industries an outperform vote while only 47.27% of users gave Lennox International an outperform vote.
Lennox International pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. UFP Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Lennox International pays out 21.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. UFP Industries pays out 18.2% 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. Lennox International has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. UFP Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Lennox International had 9 more articles in the media than UFP Industries. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Lennox International and 4 mentions for UFP Industries. UFP Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Lennox International's score of 0.72 indicating that UFP Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
67.1% of Lennox International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.8% of UFP Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 10.4% of Lennox International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of UFP Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Lennox International currently has a consensus price target of $590.50, indicating a potential downside of 8.86%. UFP Industries has a consensus price target of $148.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.76%. Given UFP Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe UFP Industries is more favorable than Lennox International.
Summary
Lennox International beats UFP Industries on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:UFPI) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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