GFF vs. WOR, BATRA, IAC, VGR, FSS, FBYD, IEP, ITT, SPLP, and LXU Should you be buying Griffon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Griffon include Worthington Enterprises (WOR), Atlanta Braves (BATRA), IAC (IAC), Vector Group (VGR), Federal Signal (FSS), Falcon's Beyond Global (FBYD), Icahn Enterprises (IEP), ITT (ITT), Steel Partners (SPLP), and LSB Industries (LXU). These companies are all part of the "multi-sector conglomerates" sector.
Griffon (NYSE:GFF ) and Worthington Enterprises (NYSE:WOR ) are both mid-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Worthington Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than Griffon. Worthington Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Griffon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Griffon pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Worthington Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Griffon pays out 15.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Worthington Enterprises pays out 11.7% 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. Worthington Enterprises is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Griffon has a net margin of 7.48% compared to Worthington Enterprises' net margin of 7.12%. Griffon's return on equity of 90.02% beat Worthington Enterprises' return on equity.
Griffon has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Worthington Enterprises has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Griffon had 6 more articles in the media than Worthington Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Griffon and 1 mentions for Worthington Enterprises. Worthington Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Griffon's score of 0.96 indicating that Worthington Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Griffon currently has a consensus target price of $81.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.39%. Worthington Enterprises has a consensus target price of $61.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.51%. Given Griffon's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Griffon is more favorable than Worthington Enterprises.
Worthington Enterprises received 58 more outperform votes than Griffon when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.99% of users gave Griffon an outperform vote while only 53.72% of users gave Worthington Enterprises an outperform vote.
73.2% of Griffon shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.6% of Worthington Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 16.1% of Griffon shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 38.5% of Worthington Enterprises shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary Griffon beats Worthington Enterprises on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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