AZEK (AZEK) Competitors

AZEK (NYSE:AZEK) and TopBuild (NYSE:BLD) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, AZEK or BLD?

TopBuild has higher revenue and earnings than AZEK. TopBuild is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AZEK, 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
AZEK	$1.52B	5.14	$153.38M	$1.02	53.28
TopBuild	$5.33B	1.86	$622.60M	$19.77	17.58

Is AZEK or BLD more profitable?

TopBuild has a net margin of 11.23% compared to AZEK's net margin of 9.92%. TopBuild's return on equity of 28.52% beat AZEK's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AZEK	9.92%	13.87%	8.63%
TopBuild	11.23%	28.52%	13.29%

Do analysts prefer AZEK or BLD?

AZEK presently has a consensus price target of $53.93, indicating a potential downside of 0.77%. TopBuild has a consensus price target of $380.22, indicating a potential upside of 9.38%. Given TopBuild's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe TopBuild is more favorable than AZEK.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AZEK	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.41
TopBuild	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in AZEK or BLD?

97.4% of AZEK shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.7% of TopBuild shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of AZEK shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of TopBuild shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, AZEK or BLD?

AZEK has a beta of 1.82, suggesting that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TopBuild has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor AZEK or BLD?

In the previous week, AZEK had 6 more articles in the media than TopBuild. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for AZEK and 5 mentions for TopBuild. TopBuild's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat AZEK's score of 0.71 indicating that TopBuild is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AZEK	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TopBuild	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

TopBuild beats AZEK on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.