LII vs. BLDR, MAS, OC, AAON, AOS, TREX, UFPI, SSD, AWI, and GFF
Should you be buying Lennox International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lennox International include Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Masco (MAS), Owens Corning (OC), AAON (AAON), A. O. Smith (AOS), Trex (TREX), UFP Industries (UFPI), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), Armstrong World Industries (AWI), and Griffon (GFF). These companies are all part of the "building products" industry.
Lennox International vs.
Builders FirstSource (NYSE:BLDR) and Lennox International (NYSE:LII) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, community ranking and valuation.
Builders FirstSource received 193 more outperform votes than Lennox International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.36% of users gave Builders FirstSource an outperform vote while only 47.27% of users gave Lennox International an outperform vote.
Builders FirstSource currently has a consensus price target of $205.71, indicating a potential upside of 25.36%. Lennox International has a consensus price target of $590.50, indicating a potential downside of 8.86%. Given Builders FirstSource's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Builders FirstSource is more favorable than Lennox International.
95.5% of Builders FirstSource shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.1% of Lennox International shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Builders FirstSource shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Lennox International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Builders FirstSource has a beta of 2.11, indicating that its stock price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lennox International has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Builders FirstSource had 14 more articles in the media than Lennox International. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Builders FirstSource and 13 mentions for Lennox International. Builders FirstSource's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Lennox International's score of 0.72 indicating that Builders FirstSource is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Builders FirstSource has higher revenue and earnings than Lennox International. Builders FirstSource is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lennox International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lennox International has a net margin of 14.63% compared to Builders FirstSource's net margin of 7.40%. Lennox International's return on equity of 148.52% beat Builders FirstSource's return on equity.
Summary
Builders FirstSource beats Lennox International on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:LII) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
