Janus International Group (JBI) Competitors

Janus International Group (NYSE:JBI) and Arcosa (NYSE:ACA) are both construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.

Do analysts recommend JBI or ACA?

Janus International Group currently has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.16%. Arcosa has a consensus target price of $104.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.63%. Given Arcosa's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Arcosa is more favorable than Janus International Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Janus International Group	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Arcosa	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, JBI or ACA?

Arcosa has higher revenue and earnings than Janus International Group. Janus International Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arcosa, 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
Janus International Group	$963.80M	1.24	$70.40M	$0.35	24.39
Arcosa	$2.57B	1.67	$93.70M	$1.59	55.14

Is JBI or ACA more profitable?

Janus International Group has a net margin of 5.49% compared to Arcosa's net margin of 3.00%. Janus International Group's return on equity of 13.38% beat Arcosa's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Janus International Group	5.49%	13.38%	5.47%
Arcosa	3.00%	5.59%	3.02%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in JBI or ACA?

88.8% of Janus International Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.7% of Arcosa shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of Janus International Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Arcosa shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer JBI or ACA?

In the previous week, Janus International Group had 1 more articles in the media than Arcosa. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Janus International Group and 2 mentions for Arcosa. Arcosa's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Janus International Group's score of 0.72 indicating that Arcosa is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Janus International Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Arcosa	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, JBI or ACA?

Janus International Group has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arcosa has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Arcosa beats Janus International Group on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.