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BLDR vs. LII, MAS, OC, AOS, AAON, SSD, TREX, UFPI, 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), A. O. Smith (AOS), AAON (AAON), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), Trex (TREX), UFP Industries (UFPI), Armstrong World Industries (AWI), and Griffon (GFF). These companies are all part of the "building products" industry.

Builders FirstSource vs.

Builders FirstSource (NYSE:BLDR) and Lennox International (NYSE:LII) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Lennox International has a net margin of 15.11% compared to Builders FirstSource's net margin of 7.40%. Lennox International's return on equity of 126.79% beat Builders FirstSource's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Builders FirstSource7.40% 33.55% 14.29%
Lennox International 15.11%126.79%24.89%

Builders FirstSource currently has a consensus price target of $196.88, suggesting a potential upside of 43.56%. Lennox International has a consensus price target of $606.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.32%. Given Builders FirstSource's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Builders FirstSource is more favorable than Lennox International.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Builders FirstSource
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89
Lennox International
4 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.92

In the previous week, Builders FirstSource had 20 more articles in the media than Lennox International. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Builders FirstSource and 9 mentions for Lennox International. Lennox International's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Builders FirstSource's score of 0.80 indicating that Lennox International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Builders FirstSource
11 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Lennox International
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

95.5% of Builders FirstSource shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.1% of Lennox International shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Builders FirstSource shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Lennox International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Builders FirstSource received 198 more outperform votes than Lennox International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.55% of users gave Builders FirstSource an outperform vote while only 46.99% of users gave Lennox International an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Builders FirstSourceOutperform Votes
588
65.55%
Underperform Votes
309
34.45%
Lennox InternationalOutperform Votes
390
46.99%
Underperform Votes
440
53.01%

Builders FirstSource has a beta of 2.12, suggesting that its stock price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lennox International has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Builders FirstSource$17.10B0.92$1.54B$10.2413.39
Lennox International$5.34B4.09$806.90M$22.5427.25

Summary

Builders FirstSource beats Lennox International on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BLDR vs. The Competition

MetricBuilders FirstSourceLumber & other building materials IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$15.78B$78.19B$25.65B$20.02B
Dividend YieldN/A1.93%172.57%3.65%
P/E Ratio13.3918.6423.0934.88
Price / Sales0.921.193.7815.60
Price / Cash7.3114.4221.2120.85
Price / Book3.5775.335.834.92
Net Income$1.54B$3.54B$770.12M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-10.89%-2.90%-3.05%-1.05%
1 Month Performance-17.53%-5.72%-1.23%-1.39%
1 Year Performance-25.33%-5.31%8.53%13.93%

Builders FirstSource Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BLDR
Builders FirstSource
4.8057 of 5 stars
$137.14
-5.0%
$196.88
+43.6%
-21.0%$15.78B$17.10B13.3929,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
LII
Lennox International
4.2138 of 5 stars
$622.56
+0.4%
$606.00
-2.7%
+43.0%$22.18B$5.34B27.6212,600Positive News
MAS
Masco
4.7394 of 5 stars
$78.42
+1.0%
$86.32
+10.1%
+3.2%$16.92B$7.97B20.8618,000Positive News
OC
Owens Corning
4.6937 of 5 stars
$179.44
+0.8%
$206.91
+15.3%
+21.5%$15.39B$9.68B15.2718,000
AOS
A. O. Smith
4.8237 of 5 stars
$66.22
+0.3%
$80.86
+22.1%
-16.1%$9.60B$3.82B18.2412,000Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
AAON
AAON
4.3382 of 5 stars
$113.16
+0.3%
$133.00
+17.5%
+35.3%$9.20B$1.17B49.853,856News Coverage
Positive News
SSD
Simpson Manufacturing
3.7757 of 5 stars
$174.42
+4.1%
$192.00
+10.1%
-11.7%$7.35B$2.21B23.045,497Positive News
TREX
Trex
3.03 of 5 stars
$67.25
-0.8%
$79.81
+18.7%
-28.4%$7.21B$1.18B30.711,765News Coverage
High Trading Volume
UFPI
UFP Industries
4.7949 of 5 stars
$116.35
+1.8%
$148.00
+27.2%
-0.2%$7.06B$7.22B16.0015,800Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
AWI
Armstrong World Industries
3.4456 of 5 stars
$154.05
+0.7%
$140.83
-8.6%
+27.1%$6.72B$1.30B27.173,100Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
GFF
Griffon
4.6743 of 5 stars
$77.32
+1.2%
$98.75
+27.7%
+10.6%$3.68B$2.62B15.785,300Gap Up

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