SiteOne Landscape Supply (SITE) Competitors

SiteOne Landscape Supply (NYSE:SITE) and Watsco (NYSE:WSO.B) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Which has more risk and volatility, SITE or WSO.B?

SiteOne Landscape Supply has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Watsco has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SITE or WSO.B?

0.1% of Watsco shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of SiteOne Landscape Supply shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of Watsco shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SITE or WSO.B?

SiteOne Landscape Supply received 186 more outperform votes than Watsco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.11% of users gave Watsco an outperform vote while only 53.98% of users gave SiteOne Landscape Supply an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SiteOne Landscape Supply	Outperform Votes 285 53.98%	Underperform Votes 243 46.02%
Watsco	Outperform Votes 99 61.11%	Underperform Votes 63 38.89%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SITE or WSO.B?

Watsco has higher revenue and earnings than SiteOne Landscape Supply. Watsco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SiteOne Landscape Supply, 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
SiteOne Landscape Supply	$4.54B	1.25	$123.60M	$2.69	46.95
Watsco	$7.62B	2.71	$536.34M	$13.25	38.61

Do analysts prefer SITE or WSO.B?

SiteOne Landscape Supply presently has a consensus price target of $154.56, suggesting a potential upside of 22.37%. Given SiteOne Landscape Supply's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SiteOne Landscape Supply is more favorable than Watsco.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SiteOne Landscape Supply	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Watsco	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is SITE or WSO.B more profitable?

Watsco has a net margin of 7.04% compared to SiteOne Landscape Supply's net margin of 2.72%. Watsco's return on equity of 17.59% beat SiteOne Landscape Supply's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SiteOne Landscape Supply	2.72%	7.93%	3.98%
Watsco	7.04%	17.59%	12.09%

Does the media favor SITE or WSO.B?

In the previous week, SiteOne Landscape Supply had 7 more articles in the media than Watsco. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for SiteOne Landscape Supply and 1 mentions for Watsco. SiteOne Landscape Supply's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Watsco's score of 0.00 indicating that SiteOne Landscape Supply is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SiteOne Landscape Supply	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Watsco	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Watsco beats SiteOne Landscape Supply on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.