CXT vs. JHX, FBIN, EXP, CX, WFG, SKY, ACA, TGLS, USLM, and HLIO
Should you be buying Crane NXT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Crane NXT include James Hardie Industries (JHX), Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN), Eagle Materials (EXP), CEMEX (CX), West Fraser Timber (WFG), Skyline Champion (SKY), Arcosa (ACA), Tecnoglass (TGLS), United States Lime & Minerals (USLM), and Helios Technologies (HLIO). These companies are all part of the "construction materials" industry.
Crane NXT vs.
James Hardie Industries (NYSE:JHX) and Crane NXT (NYSE:CXT) are both construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.
James Hardie Industries has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crane NXT has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Crane NXT has a net margin of 12.18% compared to James Hardie Industries' net margin of 11.16%. James Hardie Industries' return on equity of 35.93% 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.
8.0% of James Hardie Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.5% of Crane NXT shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Crane NXT shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
James Hardie Industries currently has a consensus target price of $40.25, suggesting a potential upside of 19.03%. Crane NXT has a consensus target price of $87.67, suggesting a potential upside of 37.59%. Given Crane NXT's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Crane NXT is more favorable than James Hardie Industries.
James Hardie Industries received 236 more outperform votes than Crane NXT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 84.62% of users gave Crane NXT an outperform vote while only 61.44% of users gave James Hardie Industries an outperform vote.
In the previous week, James Hardie Industries had 1 more articles in the media than Crane NXT. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for James Hardie Industries and 3 mentions for Crane NXT. James Hardie Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Crane NXT's score of 0.46 indicating that James Hardie Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
James Hardie Industries beats Crane NXT on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CXT) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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