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Armstrong World Industries (AWI) Competitors

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$154.47 +1.05 (+0.68%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

AWI vs. LII, BLDR, OC, MAS, AAON, AOS, UFPI, SSD, TREX, and GFF

Should you be buying Armstrong World Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Armstrong World Industries include Lennox International (LII), Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Owens Corning (OC), Masco (MAS), AAON (AAON), A. O. Smith (AOS), UFP Industries (UFPI), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), Trex (TREX), and Griffon (GFF). These companies are all part of the "building products" industry.

Armstrong World Industries vs.

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

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 47.50% of users gave Lennox International an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Lennox InternationalOutperform Votes
390
47.50%
Underperform Votes
431
52.50%
Armstrong World IndustriesOutperform Votes
540
62.72%
Underperform Votes
321
37.28%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lennox International$4.98B4.47$590.10M$21.0629.69
Armstrong World Industries$1.30B5.20$223.80M$5.6727.24

Lennox International has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Armstrong World Industries has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Lennox International pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Armstrong World Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Lennox International pays out 21.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Armstrong World Industries pays out 21.7% 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. Armstrong World Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Lennox International presently has a consensus target price of $583.92, suggesting a potential downside of 6.63%. Armstrong World Industries has a consensus target price of $140.83, suggesting a potential downside of 8.83%. Given Lennox International's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Lennox International is more favorable than Armstrong World Industries.

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

67.1% of Lennox International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of Armstrong World Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 10.4% of Lennox International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Armstrong World Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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
Lennox International14.63% 148.52% 23.94%
Armstrong World Industries 17.95%40.67%15.16%

In the previous week, Armstrong World Industries had 5 more articles in the media than Lennox International. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Armstrong World Industries and 7 mentions for Lennox International. Armstrong World Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Lennox International's score of 0.50 indicating that Armstrong World Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
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
Armstrong World Industries
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Lennox International and Armstrong World Industries tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AWI vs. The Competition

MetricArmstrong World IndustriesPlastics products IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.73B$3.81B$9.78B$19.84B
Dividend Yield0.80%3.07%1.82%3.50%
P/E Ratio27.2420.5527.6437.73
Price / Sales5.201.693.3818.01
Price / Cash20.7112.4017.9317.90
Price / Book11.533.475.074.86
Net Income$223.80M$76.13M$519.29M$985.93M
7 Day Performance0.85%1.10%0.23%0.45%
1 Month Performance10.77%2.62%0.89%1.05%
1 Year Performance85.38%14.72%35.94%24.67%

Armstrong World Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AWI
Armstrong World Industries
4.425 of 5 stars
$154.47
+0.7%
$140.83
-8.8%
+85.2%$6.73B$1.30B27.243,100Positive News
LII
Lennox International
4.3008 of 5 stars
$625.35
+0.3%
$583.92
-6.6%
+53.5%$22.21B$4.98B29.6912,600
BLDR
Builders FirstSource
4.7956 of 5 stars
$174.95
-2.2%
$206.47
+18.0%
+30.1%$20.13B$16.73B17.0829,000Positive News
OC
Owens Corning
4.4839 of 5 stars
$194.27
+0.1%
$192.62
-0.9%
+48.6%$16.65B$9.68B16.5318,000Positive News
MAS
Masco
4.9077 of 5 stars
$77.01
+1.1%
$85.96
+11.6%
+28.0%$16.43B$7.97B20.4818,000Positive News
AAON
AAON
3.3724 of 5 stars
$132.05
+0.7%
$133.00
+0.7%
+108.9%$10.73B$1.21B58.173,856Insider Trade
AOS
A. O. Smith
4.2715 of 5 stars
$71.75
+0.5%
$86.71
+20.9%
-5.7%$10.35B$3.85B18.8812,000Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
UFPI
UFP Industries
4.3881 of 5 stars
$128.63
+0.4%
$148.00
+15.1%
+16.6%$7.78B$7.22B17.6915,800Analyst Revision
Positive News
SSD
Simpson Manufacturing
3.6294 of 5 stars
$179.14
+0.1%
$218.00
+21.7%
+13.0%$7.54B$2.21B23.665,497Positive News
TREX
Trex
3.2366 of 5 stars
$68.88
+2.2%
$79.94
+16.1%
+1.6%$7.22B$1.09B31.451,765
GFF
Griffon
4.5574 of 5 stars
$79.34
+4.3%
$89.25
+12.5%
+70.5%$3.64B$2.62B18.765,300Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Buyback Announcement
Gap Up

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