SSD vs. BLDR, LII, OC, MAS, AOS, TREX, UFPI, AAON, AWI, and GFF
Should you be buying Simpson Manufacturing stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Simpson Manufacturing include Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Lennox International (LII), Owens Corning (OC), Masco (MAS), A. O. Smith (AOS), Trex (TREX), UFP Industries (UFPI), AAON (AAON), Armstrong World Industries (AWI), and Griffon (GFF). These companies are all part of the "building products" industry.
Builders FirstSource (NYSE:BLDR) and Simpson Manufacturing (NYSE:SSD) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
Simpson Manufacturing has a net margin of 15.45% compared to Simpson Manufacturing's net margin of 8.57%. Simpson Manufacturing's return on equity of 38.66% beat Builders FirstSource's return on equity.
Builders FirstSource received 320 more outperform votes than Simpson Manufacturing when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.88% of users gave Builders FirstSource an outperform vote while only 56.96% of users gave Simpson Manufacturing an outperform vote.
Builders FirstSource currently has a consensus target price of $196.27, indicating a potential upside of 22.06%. Simpson Manufacturing has a consensus target price of $195.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.53%. Given Simpson Manufacturing's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Builders FirstSource is more favorable than Simpson Manufacturing.
In the previous week, Builders FirstSource had 9 more articles in the media than Simpson Manufacturing. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Builders FirstSource and 4 mentions for Simpson Manufacturing. Simpson Manufacturing's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Builders FirstSource's score of 0.85 indicating that Builders FirstSource is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Builders FirstSource has higher revenue and earnings than Simpson Manufacturing. Builders FirstSource is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Simpson Manufacturing, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
95.5% of Builders FirstSource shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.7% of Simpson Manufacturing shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Builders FirstSource shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Simpson Manufacturing shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Builders FirstSource has a beta of 2.08, indicating that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Simpson Manufacturing has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Builders FirstSource beats Simpson Manufacturing on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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