JELD-WEN (JELD) Competitors

Crane NXT (NYSE:CXT) and JELD-WEN (NYSE:JELD) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and earnings.

Which has more risk & volatility, CXT or JELD?

Crane NXT has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JELD-WEN has a beta of 2.25, indicating that its share price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor CXT or JELD?

In the previous week, Crane NXT had 4 more articles in the media than JELD-WEN. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Crane NXT and 3 mentions for JELD-WEN. Crane NXT's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat JELD-WEN's score of 0.40 indicating that Crane NXT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Crane NXT	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
JELD-WEN	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is CXT or JELD more profitable?

Crane NXT has a net margin of 12.18% compared to JELD-WEN's net margin of -3.98%. Crane NXT's return on equity of 23.46% beat JELD-WEN's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crane NXT	12.18%	23.46%	10.36%
JELD-WEN	-3.98%	12.32%	3.34%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CXT or JELD?

77.5% of Crane NXT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of JELD-WEN shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Crane NXT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of JELD-WEN shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CXT or JELD?

Crane NXT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than JELD-WEN. JELD-WEN is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crane NXT, 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
Crane NXT	$1.39B	2.34	$188.30M	$3.05	18.64
JELD-WEN	$4.30B	0.20	$62.44M	-$1.83	-5.58

Do analysts rate CXT or JELD?

Crane NXT presently has a consensus target price of $87.67, indicating a potential upside of 54.18%. JELD-WEN has a consensus target price of $14.56, indicating a potential upside of 42.56%. Given Crane NXT's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Crane NXT is more favorable than JELD-WEN.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crane NXT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25
JELD-WEN	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CXT or JELD?

JELD-WEN received 302 more outperform votes than Crane NXT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 84.62% of users gave Crane NXT an outperform vote while only 55.01% of users gave JELD-WEN an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Crane NXT	Outperform Votes 11 84.62%	Underperform Votes 2 15.38%
JELD-WEN	Outperform Votes 313 55.01%	Underperform Votes 256 44.99%

Summary

Crane NXT beats JELD-WEN on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.