ACA vs. JHX, FBIN, EXP, CX, WFG, SKY, TGLS, CXT, USLM, and HLIO
Should you be buying Arcosa stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arcosa include James Hardie Industries (JHX), Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN), Eagle Materials (EXP), CEMEX (CX), West Fraser Timber (WFG), Skyline Champion (SKY), Tecnoglass (TGLS), Crane NXT (CXT), United States Lime & Minerals (USLM), and Helios Technologies (HLIO). These companies are all part of the "construction materials" industry.
Arcosa vs.
James Hardie Industries (NYSE:JHX) and Arcosa (NYSE:ACA) are both construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
James Hardie Industries has a net margin of 11.16% compared to Arcosa's net margin of 5.17%. James Hardie Industries' return on equity of 35.93% beat Arcosa's return on equity.
James Hardie Industries received 166 more outperform votes than Arcosa when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.44% of users gave James Hardie Industries an outperform vote while only 55.48% of users gave Arcosa an outperform vote.
James Hardie Industries has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arcosa has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
James Hardie Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Arcosa. James Hardie Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arcosa, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Arcosa had 1 more articles in the media than James Hardie Industries. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Arcosa and 3 mentions for James Hardie Industries. James Hardie Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Arcosa's score of 0.54 indicating that James Hardie Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
8.0% of James Hardie Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.7% of Arcosa shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Arcosa shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
James Hardie Industries presently has a consensus target price of $40.25, indicating a potential upside of 19.03%. Arcosa has a consensus target price of $105.50, indicating a potential upside of 7.91%. Given James Hardie Industries' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe James Hardie Industries is more favorable than Arcosa.
Summary
James Hardie Industries beats Arcosa on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ACA) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
