Trex (TREX) Competitors

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

Is TREX or LII more profitable?

Trex has a net margin of 20.23% compared to Lennox International's net margin of 14.63%. Lennox International's return on equity of 148.52% beat Trex's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Trex	20.23%	28.89%	20.03%
Lennox International	14.63%	148.52%	23.94%

Do analysts recommend TREX or LII?

Trex currently has a consensus price target of $79.94, indicating a potential upside of 16.05%. Lennox International has a consensus price target of $583.92, indicating a potential downside of 6.63%. Given Trex's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Trex is more favorable than Lennox International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Trex	1 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29
Lennox International	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TREX or LII?

Trex received 53 more outperform votes than Lennox International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.56% of users gave Trex an outperform vote while only 47.50% of users gave Lennox International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Trex	Outperform Votes 443 54.56%	Underperform Votes 369 45.44%
Lennox International	Outperform Votes 390 47.50%	Underperform Votes 431 52.50%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of TREX or LII?

96.0% of Trex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.1% of Lennox International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Trex shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Lennox International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, TREX or LII?

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
Trex	$1.09B	6.74	$205.38M	$2.19	31.45
Lennox International	$4.98B	4.47	$590.10M	$21.06	29.69

Does the media prefer TREX or LII?

In the previous week, Trex had 11 more articles in the media than Lennox International. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Trex and 7 mentions for Lennox International. Trex's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Lennox International's score of 0.50 indicating that Trex is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Trex	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lennox International	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, TREX or LII?

Trex has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lennox International has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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