AWI vs. AZEK, KBH, BCC, THO, SKY, RYN, GTES, KNF, DY, and ACA Should you be buying Armstrong World Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Armstrong World Industries include AZEK (AZEK), KB Home (KBH), Boise Cascade (BCC), THOR Industries (THO), Skyline Champion (SKY), Rayonier (RYN), Gates Industrial (GTES), Knife River (KNF), Dycom Industries (DY), and Arcosa (ACA). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
AZEK (NYSE:AZEK ) and Armstrong World Industries (NYSE:AWI ) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
Armstrong World Industries has a net margin of 18.03% compared to Armstrong World Industries' net margin of 8.57%. AZEK's return on equity of 41.81% beat Armstrong World Industries' return on equity.
Armstrong World Industries received 474 more outperform votes than AZEK when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.10% of users gave Armstrong World Industries an outperform vote while only 43.15% of users gave AZEK an outperform vote.
In the previous week, AZEK had 10 more articles in the media than Armstrong World Industries. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for AZEK and 5 mentions for Armstrong World Industries. AZEK's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Armstrong World Industries' score of 0.94 indicating that Armstrong World Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
97.4% of AZEK shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of Armstrong World Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of AZEK shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Armstrong World Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Armstrong World Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AZEK. Armstrong World Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AZEK, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AZEK has a beta of 1.93, suggesting that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Armstrong World Industries has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
AZEK presently has a consensus target price of $44.83, suggesting a potential downside of 3.85%. Armstrong World Industries has a consensus target price of $110.17, suggesting a potential downside of 3.25%. Given AZEK's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Armstrong World Industries is more favorable than AZEK.
Summary Armstrong World Industries beats AZEK on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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