BLDR vs. LII, MAS, OC, AAON, AOS, TREX, UFPI, SSD, AWI, and GFF
Should you be buying Builders FirstSource stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Builders FirstSource include Lennox International (LII), Masco (MAS), Owens Corning (OC), AAON (AAON), A. O. Smith (AOS), Trex (TREX), UFP Industries (UFPI), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), Armstrong World Industries (AWI), and Griffon (GFF). These companies are all part of the "building products" industry.
Builders FirstSource vs.
Lennox International (NYSE:LII) and Builders FirstSource (NYSE:BLDR) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Lennox International has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Builders FirstSource has a beta of 2.11, indicating that its share price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lennox International currently has a consensus price target of $590.50, indicating a potential downside of 8.86%. Builders FirstSource has a consensus price target of $205.71, indicating a potential upside of 25.36%. Given Builders FirstSource's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Builders FirstSource is more favorable than Lennox International.
Builders FirstSource has higher revenue and earnings than Lennox International. Builders FirstSource is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lennox International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
67.1% of Lennox International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Builders FirstSource shares are held by institutional investors. 10.4% of Lennox International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Builders FirstSource shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Builders FirstSource received 193 more outperform votes than Lennox International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.36% of users gave Builders FirstSource an outperform vote while only 47.27% of users gave Lennox International an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Builders FirstSource had 14 more articles in the media than Lennox International. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Builders FirstSource and 13 mentions for Lennox International. Builders FirstSource's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Lennox International's score of 0.64 indicating that Builders FirstSource is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lennox International has a net margin of 14.63% compared to Builders FirstSource's net margin of 7.40%. Lennox International's return on equity of 148.52% beat Builders FirstSource's return on equity.
Summary
Builders FirstSource beats Lennox International on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BLDR) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
