Griffon (GFF) Competitors

Owens Corning (NYSE:OC) and Griffon (NYSE:GFF) are both construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends and earnings.

Is OC or GFF more profitable?

Owens Corning has a net margin of 9.92% compared to Griffon's net margin of 9.13%. Griffon's return on equity of 120.61% beat Owens Corning's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Owens Corning	9.92%	25.82%	10.63%
Griffon	9.13%	120.61%	11.15%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of OC or GFF?

88.4% of Owens Corning shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.2% of Griffon shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Owens Corning shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of Griffon shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend OC or GFF?

Owens Corning presently has a consensus price target of $204.18, suggesting a potential upside of 48.30%. Griffon has a consensus price target of $98.75, suggesting a potential upside of 45.80%. Given Owens Corning's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Owens Corning is more favorable than Griffon.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Owens Corning	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Griffon	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50

Is OC or GFF a better dividend stock?

Owens Corning pays an annual dividend of $2.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Griffon pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Owens Corning pays out 37.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Griffon pays out 14.7% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OC or GFF?

Owens Corning received 493 more outperform votes than Griffon when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Griffon an outperform vote while only 63.19% of users gave Owens Corning an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Owens Corning	Outperform Votes 757 63.19%	Underperform Votes 441 36.81%
Griffon	Outperform Votes 264 66.67%	Underperform Votes 132 33.33%

Which has better valuation & earnings, OC or GFF?

Owens Corning has higher revenue and earnings than Griffon. Griffon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Owens Corning, 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
Owens Corning	$10.98B	1.07	$1.20B	$7.32	18.81
Griffon	$2.61B	1.23	$209.90M	$4.90	13.82

Does the media refer more to OC or GFF?

In the previous week, Owens Corning had 16 more articles in the media than Griffon. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Owens Corning and 6 mentions for Griffon. Griffon's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Owens Corning's score of 1.00 indicating that Griffon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Owens Corning	17 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Griffon	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, OC or GFF?

Owens Corning has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Griffon has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Owens Corning beats Griffon on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.