Carlisle Companies (CSL) Competitors

Carlisle Companies (NYSE:CSL) and Armstrong World Industries (NYSE:AWI) are related companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CSL or AWI?

89.5% of Carlisle Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of Armstrong World Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Carlisle Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Armstrong World Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, CSL or AWI?

Carlisle Companies has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Armstrong World Industries has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings & valuation, CSL or AWI?

Carlisle Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Armstrong World Industries. Carlisle Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Armstrong World Industries, 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
Carlisle Companies	$5.00B	3.47	$1.31B	$26.86	14.93
Armstrong World Industries	$1.45B	5.01	$264.90M	$6.25	26.69

Does the media refer more to CSL or AWI?

In the previous week, Carlisle Companies had 19 more articles in the media than Armstrong World Industries. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Carlisle Companies and 5 mentions for Armstrong World Industries. Armstrong World Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Carlisle Companies' score of 0.96 indicating that Armstrong World Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Carlisle Companies	16 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Armstrong World Industries	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CSL or AWI more profitable?

Carlisle Companies has a net margin of 25.24% compared to Armstrong World Industries' net margin of 18.25%. Armstrong World Industries' return on equity of 39.37% beat Carlisle Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Carlisle Companies	25.24%	35.93%	15.26%
Armstrong World Industries	18.25%	39.37%	15.79%

Is CSL or AWI a better dividend stock?

Carlisle Companies pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Armstrong World Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Carlisle Companies pays out 14.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Armstrong World Industries pays out 19.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Carlisle Companies has increased its dividend for 48 consecutive years and Armstrong World Industries has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Carlisle Companies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts recommend CSL or AWI?

Carlisle Companies presently has a consensus target price of $461.67, suggesting a potential upside of 15.09%. Armstrong World Industries has a consensus target price of $162.88, suggesting a potential downside of 2.35%. Given Carlisle Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Carlisle Companies is more favorable than Armstrong World Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Carlisle Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Armstrong World Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Summary

Carlisle Companies beats Armstrong World Industries on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.