LOMA vs. BZH, AGX, BXC, TPC, GLDD, HOV, LMB, NOA, NX, and VSEC
Should you be buying Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima include Beazer Homes USA (BZH), Argan (AGX), BlueLinx (BXC), Tutor Perini (TPC), Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD), Hovnanian Enterprises (HOV), Limbach (LMB), North American Construction Group (NOA), Quanex Building Products (NX), and VSE (VSEC). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Beazer Homes USA (NYSE:BZH) and Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:LOMA) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, Beazer Homes USA and Beazer Homes USA both had 2 articles in the media. Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Beazer Homes USA's score of 0.81 indicating that Beazer Homes USA is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Beazer Homes USA received 117 more outperform votes than Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.18% of users gave Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima an outperform vote while only 58.29% of users gave Beazer Homes USA an outperform vote.
85.7% of Beazer Homes USA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.3% of Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.0% of Beazer Homes USA 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.
Beazer Homes USA currently has a consensus price target of $35.67, indicating a potential upside of 23.97%. Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima has a consensus price target of $6.55, indicating a potential downside of 12.08%. Given Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Beazer Homes USA is more favorable than Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima.
Beazer Homes USA has a beta of 2.25, meaning that its share price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Beazer Homes USA has a net margin of 7.48% compared to Beazer Homes USA's net margin of 5.68%. Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima's return on equity of 13.97% beat Beazer Homes USA's return on equity.
Beazer Homes USA has higher revenue and earnings than Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima. Beazer Homes USA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Beazer Homes USA beats Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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