SHW vs. CRH, DHI, URI, LEN, OTIS, PWR, MLM, VMC, HWM, and PHM
Should you be buying Sherwin-Williams stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sherwin-Williams include CRH (CRH), D.R. Horton (DHI), United Rentals (URI), Lennar (LEN), Otis Worldwide (OTIS), Quanta Services (PWR), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), Vulcan Materials (VMC), Howmet Aerospace (HWM), and PulteGroup (PHM). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Sherwin-Williams (NYSE:SHW) and CRH (NYSE:CRH) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, CRH had 5 more articles in the media than Sherwin-Williams. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for CRH and 9 mentions for Sherwin-Williams. Sherwin-Williams' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat CRH's score of 1.01 indicating that Sherwin-Williams is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sherwin-Williams pays an annual dividend of $2.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. CRH pays an annual dividend of $1.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Sherwin-Williams pays out 30.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Sherwin-Williams received 395 more outperform votes than CRH when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.30% of users gave Sherwin-Williams an outperform vote while only 56.28% of users gave CRH an outperform vote.
77.7% of Sherwin-Williams shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.5% of CRH shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Sherwin-Williams 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.
Sherwin-Williams has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CRH has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CRH has higher revenue and earnings than Sherwin-Williams.
Sherwin-Williams has a net margin of 10.52% compared to CRH's net margin of 0.00%. Sherwin-Williams' return on equity of 73.74% beat CRH's return on equity.
Sherwin-Williams currently has a consensus target price of $340.56, suggesting a potential upside of 9.01%. CRH has a consensus target price of $83.28, suggesting a potential upside of 1.66%. Given Sherwin-Williams' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Sherwin-Williams is more favorable than CRH.
Summary
Sherwin-Williams beats CRH on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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