FBIN vs. VMC, MLM, JHX, EXP, CX, WFG, SKY, ACA, TGLS, and CXT
Should you be buying Fortune Brands Innovations stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fortune Brands Innovations include Vulcan Materials (VMC), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), James Hardie Industries (JHX), Eagle Materials (EXP), CEMEX (CX), West Fraser Timber (WFG), Skyline Champion (SKY), Arcosa (ACA), Tecnoglass (TGLS), and Crane NXT (CXT). These companies are all part of the "construction materials" industry.
Fortune Brands Innovations vs.
Fortune Brands Innovations (NYSE:FBIN) and Vulcan Materials (NYSE:VMC) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Fortune Brands Innovations pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Vulcan Materials pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Fortune Brands Innovations pays out 27.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vulcan Materials pays out 29.0% 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. Vulcan Materials has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Fortune Brands Innovations is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Vulcan Materials has a net margin of 11.43% compared to Fortune Brands Innovations' net margin of 9.61%. Fortune Brands Innovations' return on equity of 22.22% beat Vulcan Materials' return on equity.
Vulcan Materials received 600 more outperform votes than Fortune Brands Innovations when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.89% of users gave Vulcan Materials an outperform vote while only 44.07% of users gave Fortune Brands Innovations an outperform vote.
Fortune Brands Innovations has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vulcan Materials has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Vulcan Materials had 4 more articles in the media than Fortune Brands Innovations. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Vulcan Materials and 14 mentions for Fortune Brands Innovations. Vulcan Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Fortune Brands Innovations' score of 0.04 indicating that Vulcan Materials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Fortune Brands Innovations currently has a consensus price target of $89.36, suggesting a potential upside of 22.20%. Vulcan Materials has a consensus price target of $301.18, suggesting a potential upside of 9.67%. Given Fortune Brands Innovations' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Fortune Brands Innovations is more favorable than Vulcan Materials.
Vulcan Materials has higher revenue and earnings than Fortune Brands Innovations. Fortune Brands Innovations is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vulcan Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
87.6% of Fortune Brands Innovations shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of Vulcan Materials shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Fortune Brands Innovations shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Vulcan Materials shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Vulcan Materials beats Fortune Brands Innovations on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:FBIN) was last updated on 1/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff