Quanex Building Products (NX) Competitors

Griffon (NYSE:GFF) and Quanex Building Products (NYSE:NX) are both multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in GFF or NX?

73.2% of Griffon shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.5% of Quanex Building Products shares are held by institutional investors. 16.1% of Griffon shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Quanex Building Products shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is GFF or NX more profitable?

Griffon has a net margin of 8.00% compared to Quanex Building Products' net margin of 2.59%. Griffon's return on equity of 108.70% beat Quanex Building Products' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Griffon	8.00%	108.70%	10.63%
Quanex Building Products	2.59%	11.79%	6.64%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GFF or NX?

Quanex Building Products received 79 more outperform votes than Griffon when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.15% of users gave Griffon an outperform vote while only 65.56% of users gave Quanex Building Products an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Griffon	Outperform Votes 258 66.15%	Underperform Votes 132 33.85%
Quanex Building Products	Outperform Votes 337 65.56%	Underperform Votes 177 34.44%

Does the media prefer GFF or NX?

In the previous week, Griffon had 3 more articles in the media than Quanex Building Products. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Griffon and 2 mentions for Quanex Building Products. Quanex Building Products' average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Griffon's score of 1.09 indicating that Quanex Building Products is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Griffon	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Quanex Building Products	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 stronger earnings & valuation, GFF or NX?

Griffon has higher revenue and earnings than Quanex Building Products. Griffon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quanex Building Products, 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
Griffon	$2.62B	1.43	$209.90M	$4.23	18.54
Quanex Building Products	$1.28B	0.89	$33.06M	$1.12	21.58

Do analysts rate GFF or NX?

Griffon currently has a consensus target price of $89.25, suggesting a potential upside of 13.81%. Quanex Building Products has a consensus target price of $38.00, suggesting a potential upside of 57.25%. Given Quanex Building Products' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Quanex Building Products is more favorable than Griffon.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Griffon	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25
Quanex Building Products	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility & risk, GFF or NX?

Griffon has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quanex Building Products has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GFF or NX a better dividend stock?

Griffon pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Quanex Building Products pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Griffon pays out 17.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Quanex Building Products pays out 28.6% 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.

Summary

Griffon beats Quanex Building Products on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.