SKY vs. JHX, FBIN, EXP, CX, WFG, ACA, CXT, TGLS, USLM, and HLIO
Should you be buying Skyline Champion stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Skyline Champion include James Hardie Industries (JHX), Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN), Eagle Materials (EXP), CEMEX (CX), West Fraser Timber (WFG), Arcosa (ACA), Crane NXT (CXT), Tecnoglass (TGLS), United States Lime & Minerals (USLM), and Helios Technologies (HLIO). These companies are all part of the "construction materials" industry.
Skyline Champion vs.
Skyline Champion (NYSE:SKY) and James Hardie Industries (NYSE:JHX) are both construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
8.0% of James Hardie Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 6.9% of Skyline Champion shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
James Hardie Industries has a net margin of 11.16% compared to Skyline Champion's net margin of 6.42%. James Hardie Industries' return on equity of 35.93% beat Skyline Champion's return on equity.
Skyline Champion presently has a consensus price target of $85.40, indicating a potential downside of 5.71%. James Hardie Industries has a consensus price target of $40.25, indicating a potential upside of 19.03%. Given James Hardie Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe James Hardie Industries is more favorable than Skyline Champion.
James Hardie Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Skyline Champion. James Hardie Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Skyline Champion, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
James Hardie Industries received 220 more outperform votes than Skyline Champion when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.44% of users gave James Hardie Industries an outperform vote while only 31.40% of users gave Skyline Champion an outperform vote.
Skyline Champion has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, James Hardie Industries has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Skyline Champion had 4 more articles in the media than James Hardie Industries. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Skyline Champion and 3 mentions for James Hardie Industries. Skyline Champion's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat James Hardie Industries' score of 0.76 indicating that Skyline Champion is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
James Hardie Industries beats Skyline Champion on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SKY) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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