Armstrong World Industries (AWI) Competitors

Armstrong World Industries (NYSE:AWI) 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 community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and valuation.

Is AWI or LII a better dividend stock?

Armstrong World Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Lennox International pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Armstrong World Industries pays out 21.7% 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. Armstrong World Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is AWI or LII more profitable?

Armstrong World Industries has a net margin of 17.95% compared to Lennox International's net margin of 14.63%. Lennox International's return on equity of 148.52% beat Armstrong World Industries' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Armstrong World Industries	17.95%	40.67%	15.16%
Lennox International	14.63%	148.52%	23.94%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AWI or LII?

Armstrong World Industries received 150 more outperform votes than Lennox International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.72% of users gave Armstrong World Industries an outperform vote while only 47.39% of users gave Lennox International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Armstrong World Industries	Outperform Votes 540 62.72%	Underperform Votes 321 37.28%
Lennox International	Outperform Votes 390 47.39%	Underperform Votes 433 52.61%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, AWI or LII?

Lennox International has higher revenue and earnings than Armstrong World Industries. Armstrong World 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
Armstrong World Industries	$1.39B	4.48	$223.80M	$5.67	25.20
Lennox International	$5.15B	4.34	$590.10M	$21.06	29.83

Do analysts rate AWI or LII?

Armstrong World Industries currently has a consensus price target of $140.83, suggesting a potential downside of 1.43%. Lennox International has a consensus price target of $579.38, suggesting a potential downside of 7.78%. Given Armstrong World Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Armstrong World Industries is more favorable than Lennox International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Armstrong World Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Lennox International	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.23

Does the media favor AWI or LII?

In the previous week, Lennox International had 9 more articles in the media than Armstrong World Industries. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Lennox International and 3 mentions for Armstrong World Industries. Armstrong World Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Lennox International's score of 0.69 indicating that Armstrong World Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Armstrong World Industries	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lennox International	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, AWI or LII?

Armstrong World Industries has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lennox International has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of AWI or LII?

98.9% of Armstrong World Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.1% of Lennox International shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Armstrong World 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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