Trex (TREX) Competitors

Lennox International (NYSE:LII) and Trex (NYSE:TREX) are both construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.

Which has more risk & volatility, LII or TREX?

Lennox International has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trex has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate LII or TREX?

Lennox International currently has a consensus target price of $606.00, suggesting a potential downside of 5.57%. Trex has a consensus target price of $79.81, suggesting a potential upside of 22.85%. Given Trex's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Trex is more favorable than Lennox International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lennox International	4 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.92
Trex	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.31

Which has higher earnings and valuation, LII or TREX?

Lennox International has higher revenue and earnings than Trex. Lennox International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trex, 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
Lennox International	$5.34B	4.27	$806.90M	$22.54	28.47
Trex	$1.09B	6.36	$205.38M	$2.19	29.66

Does the media refer more to LII or TREX?

In the previous week, Trex had 3 more articles in the media than Lennox International. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Trex and 9 mentions for Lennox International. Lennox International's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Trex's score of 0.82 indicating that Lennox International is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lennox International	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Trex	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LII or TREX?

Trex received 53 more outperform votes than Lennox International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.49% of users gave Trex an outperform vote while only 46.99% of users gave Lennox International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lennox International	Outperform Votes 390 46.99%	Underperform Votes 440 53.01%
Trex	Outperform Votes 443 54.49%	Underperform Votes 370 45.51%

Is LII or TREX more profitable?

Trex has a net margin of 20.23% compared to Lennox International's net margin of 15.11%. Lennox International's return on equity of 126.79% beat Trex's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lennox International	15.11%	126.79%	24.89%
Trex	20.23%	28.89%	20.03%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in LII or TREX?

67.1% of Lennox International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Trex shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.4% of Lennox International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Trex shares are owned by company 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

Trex beats Lennox International on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.