CXT vs. JHX, CX, EXP, FBIN, WFG, ACA, TGLS, SKY, USLM, and LOMA
Should you be buying Crane NXT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Crane NXT include James Hardie Industries (JHX), Cemex (CX), Eagle Materials (EXP), Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN), West Fraser Timber (WFG), Arcosa (ACA), Tecnoglass (TGLS), Champion Homes (SKY), United States Lime & Minerals (USLM), and Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina (LOMA). These companies are all part of the "construction materials" industry.
Crane NXT vs. Its Competitors
Crane NXT (NYSE:CXT) and James Hardie Industries (NYSE:JHX) are both construction materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.
77.5% of Crane NXT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.0% of James Hardie Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Crane NXT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Crane NXT currently has a consensus target price of $73.75, suggesting a potential upside of 30.05%. James Hardie Industries has a consensus target price of $39.12, suggesting a potential upside of 39.21%. Given James Hardie Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe James Hardie Industries is more favorable than Crane NXT.
Crane NXT has a net margin of 11.17% compared to James Hardie Industries' net margin of 10.94%. James Hardie Industries' return on equity of 31.52% beat Crane NXT's return on equity.
James Hardie Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Crane NXT. Crane NXT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than James Hardie Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Crane NXT had 2 more articles in the media than James Hardie Industries. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Crane NXT and 9 mentions for James Hardie Industries. Crane NXT's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat James Hardie Industries' score of 0.25 indicating that Crane NXT is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Crane NXT has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, James Hardie Industries has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
James Hardie Industries beats Crane NXT on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CXT) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
