OC vs. LII, MAS, BLDR, AOS, AAON, UFPI, SSD, TREX, AWI, and GFF
Should you be buying Owens Corning stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Owens Corning include Lennox International (LII), Masco (MAS), Builders FirstSource (BLDR), A. O. Smith (AOS), AAON (AAON), UFP Industries (UFPI), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), Trex (TREX), Armstrong World Industries (AWI), and Griffon (GFF). These companies are all part of the "building products" industry.
Owens Corning vs.
Owens Corning (NYSE:OC) and Lennox International (NYSE:LII) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Owens Corning presently has a consensus target price of $204.18, suggesting a potential upside of 36.48%. Lennox International has a consensus target price of $614.62, suggesting a potential upside of 4.60%. Given Owens Corning's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Owens Corning is more favorable than Lennox International.
Owens Corning received 366 more outperform votes than Lennox International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.22% of users gave Owens Corning an outperform vote while only 47.12% of users gave Lennox International an outperform vote.
Owens Corning has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lennox International has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Owens Corning had 13 more articles in the media than Lennox International. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Owens Corning and 5 mentions for Lennox International. Owens Corning's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Lennox International's score of 0.93 indicating that Owens Corning is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lennox International has a net margin of 15.11% compared to Owens Corning's net margin of 9.92%. Lennox International's return on equity of 126.79% beat Owens Corning's return on equity.
Owens Corning has higher revenue and earnings than Lennox International. Owens Corning is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lennox International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Owens Corning pays an annual dividend of $2.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Lennox International pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Owens Corning pays out 37.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lennox International pays out 20.4% 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. Lennox International has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years.
88.4% of Owens Corning shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.1% of Lennox International shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Owens Corning shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Lennox International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Owens Corning beats Lennox International on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:OC) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff