Trex (TREX) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings & 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	3.72	$806.90M	$22.54	24.77
Trex	$1.15B	5.15	$205.38M	$2.08	26.57

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in LII or TREX?

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

Do analysts recommend LII or TREX?

Lennox International presently has a consensus price target of $606.15, indicating a potential upside of 8.55%. Trex has a consensus price target of $77.18, indicating a potential upside of 39.66%. 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)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Trex	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.35

Does the media prefer LII or TREX?

In the previous week, Trex had 14 more articles in the media than Lennox International. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Trex and 17 mentions for Lennox International. Trex's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Lennox International's score of 0.52 indicating that Trex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lennox International	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Trex	13 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, LII or TREX?

Lennox International has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trex has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LII or TREX?

Trex received 55 more outperform votes than Lennox International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.18% of users gave Trex an outperform vote while only 47.06% of users gave Lennox International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lennox International	Outperform Votes 392 47.06%	Underperform Votes 441 52.94%
Trex	Outperform Votes 447 54.18%	Underperform Votes 378 45.82%

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%

Summary

Trex beats Lennox International on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.