BXC vs. UFPI, BCC, BLD, BLDR, FBIN, IBP, LPX, MHO, TOL, and TPH
Should you be buying BlueLinx stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlueLinx include UFP Industries (UFPI), Boise Cascade (BCC), TopBuild (BLD), Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN), Installed Building Products (IBP), Louisiana-Pacific (LPX), M/I Homes (MHO), Toll Brothers (TOL), and Tri Pointe Homes (TPH).
BlueLinx vs. Its Competitors
BlueLinx (NYSE:BXC) and UFP Industries (NASDAQ:UFPI) are both construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.
BlueLinx presently has a consensus price target of $91.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.07%. UFP Industries has a consensus price target of $134.00, suggesting a potential upside of 35.79%. Given UFP Industries' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe UFP Industries is more favorable than BlueLinx.
UFP Industries has a net margin of 5.31% compared to BlueLinx's net margin of 0.96%. UFP Industries' return on equity of 10.95% beat BlueLinx's return on equity.
BlueLinx has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UFP Industries has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, UFP Industries had 1 more articles in the media than BlueLinx. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for UFP Industries and 4 mentions for BlueLinx. UFP Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat BlueLinx's score of 1.17 indicating that UFP Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
90.8% of BlueLinx shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.8% of UFP Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of BlueLinx shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of UFP Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
UFP Industries has higher revenue and earnings than BlueLinx. UFP Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BlueLinx, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
UFP Industries beats BlueLinx on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:BXC) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
