BCC vs. ASPN, KBH, AWI, IBP, AAON, TMHC, GTES, DY, RYN, and SKY
Should you be buying Boise Cascade stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Boise Cascade include Aspen Aerogels (ASPN), KB Home (KBH), Armstrong World Industries (AWI), Installed Building Products (IBP), AAON (AAON), Taylor Morrison Home (TMHC), Gates Industrial (GTES), Dycom Industries (DY), Rayonier (RYN), and Skyline Champion (SKY). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Aspen Aerogels (NYSE:ASPN) and Boise Cascade (NYSE:BCC) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and community ranking.
Boise Cascade has a net margin of 7.08% compared to Boise Cascade's net margin of -10.73%. Aspen Aerogels' return on equity of 22.00% beat Boise Cascade's return on equity.
Aspen Aerogels currently has a consensus price target of $25.33, indicating a potential downside of 12.91%. Boise Cascade has a consensus price target of $125.00, indicating a potential downside of 8.05%. Given Aspen Aerogels' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Boise Cascade is more favorable than Aspen Aerogels.
Aspen Aerogels has a beta of 1.97, suggesting that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boise Cascade has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
97.6% of Aspen Aerogels shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.2% of Boise Cascade shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Aspen Aerogels shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Boise Cascade 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.
Aspen Aerogels received 83 more outperform votes than Boise Cascade when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.22% of users gave Aspen Aerogels an outperform vote while only 58.56% of users gave Boise Cascade an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Aspen Aerogels had 6 more articles in the media than Boise Cascade. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Aspen Aerogels and 2 mentions for Boise Cascade. Aspen Aerogels' average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Boise Cascade's score of 1.00 indicating that Boise Cascade is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Boise Cascade has higher revenue and earnings than Aspen Aerogels. Aspen Aerogels is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boise Cascade, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Aspen Aerogels and Boise Cascade tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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