TREX vs. LPX, EXP, KBR, MTZ, AYI, CX, UFPI, SSD, FIX, and ALTR
Should you be buying Trex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Trex include Louisiana-Pacific (LPX), Eagle Materials (EXP), KBR (KBR), MasTec (MTZ), Acuity Brands (AYI), CEMEX (CX), UFP Industries (UFPI), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), and Altair Engineering (ALTR). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Trex (NYSE:TREX) and Louisiana-Pacific (NYSE:LPX) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and profitability.
Trex has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Louisiana-Pacific. Louisiana-Pacific is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Trex presently has a consensus price target of $89.47, indicating a potential upside of 2.08%. Louisiana-Pacific has a consensus price target of $83.89, indicating a potential downside of 7.22%. Given Trex's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Trex is more favorable than Louisiana-Pacific.
96.0% of Trex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.7% of Louisiana-Pacific shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Trex shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Louisiana-Pacific shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Trex had 19 more articles in the media than Louisiana-Pacific. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Trex and 10 mentions for Louisiana-Pacific. Louisiana-Pacific's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Trex's score of 0.59 indicating that Louisiana-Pacific is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Trex has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Louisiana-Pacific has a beta of 1.87, indicating that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Trex has a net margin of 20.60% compared to Louisiana-Pacific's net margin of 9.74%. Trex's return on equity of 35.33% beat Louisiana-Pacific's return on equity.
Trex received 92 more outperform votes than Louisiana-Pacific when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.93% of users gave Louisiana-Pacific an outperform vote while only 55.40% of users gave Trex an outperform vote.
Summary
Trex beats Louisiana-Pacific on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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