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USG (USG) Competitors

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USG vs. OC, AAON, AOS, TREX, SSD, UFPI, AWI, GFF, ROCK, and PATK

Should you be buying USG stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of USG include Owens Corning (OC), AAON (AAON), A. O. Smith (AOS), Trex (TREX), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), UFP Industries (UFPI), Armstrong World Industries (AWI), Griffon (GFF), Gibraltar Industries (ROCK), and Patrick Industries (PATK). These companies are all part of the "building products" industry.

USG vs.

Owens Corning (NYSE:OC) and USG (NYSE:USG) are both construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk and dividends.

Owens Corning has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, USG has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Owens Corning currently has a consensus price target of $200.83, suggesting a potential upside of 18.55%. Given Owens Corning's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Owens Corning is more favorable than USG.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Owens Corning
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.62
USG
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Owens Corning has a net margin of 9.92% compared to USG's net margin of 5.88%. Owens Corning's return on equity of 25.82% beat USG's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Owens Corning9.92% 25.82% 10.63%
USG 5.88%11.65%5.67%

88.4% of Owens Corning shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of USG shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Owens Corning shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of USG shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Owens Corning received 401 more outperform votes than USG when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.16% of users gave Owens Corning an outperform vote while only 56.09% of users gave USG an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Owens CorningOutperform Votes
751
63.16%
Underperform Votes
438
36.84%
USGOutperform Votes
350
56.09%
Underperform Votes
274
43.91%

In the previous week, Owens Corning had 9 more articles in the media than USG. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Owens Corning and 4 mentions for USG. Owens Corning's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat USG's score of 0.00 indicating that Owens Corning is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Owens Corning
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
USG
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Owens Corning has higher revenue and earnings than USG. Owens Corning is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than USG, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Owens Corning$10.44B1.39$1.20B$11.7514.42
USG$3.34B1.24$196M$1.5119.53

Summary

Owens Corning beats USG on 17 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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USG vs. The Competition

MetricUSGConcrete, Gypsum, & Plaster Products IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.13B$396.22M$8.78B$19.19B
Dividend Yield2.50%1.37%1.89%3.62%
P/E Ratio19.533.4027.8341.30
Price / Sales1.243.012.2917.51
Price / Cash16.518.8722.2121.28
Price / Book2.152.396.185.32
Net Income$196M$73.69M$516.58M$989.88M

USG Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
USG
USG
1.4745 of 5 stars
$29.50
+1.1%
N/A+514.5%$4.13B$3.34B19.537,300
OC
Owens Corning
4.7611 of 5 stars
$186.82
-2.4%
$198.33
+6.2%
+14.5%$16.03B$9.68B15.9918,000Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
Positive News
AAON
AAON
2.7322 of 5 stars
$134.61
+2.5%
$133.00
-1.2%
+71.5%$10.94B$1.21B57.853,856Insider Trade
Positive News
AOS
A. O. Smith
4.5918 of 5 stars
$72.42
-0.1%
$83.17
+14.8%
-15.8%$10.50B$3.85B19.0812,000
TREX
Trex
3.5407 of 5 stars
$77.99
+1.3%
$79.94
+2.5%
-15.6%$8.36B$1.09B35.151,765
SSD
Simpson Manufacturing
4.3224 of 5 stars
$185.42
+0.6%
$218.00
+17.6%
-14.0%$7.82B$2.21B24.365,497Positive News
UFPI
UFP Industries
4.8994 of 5 stars
$125.34
-1.2%
$148.00
+18.1%
-8.8%$7.61B$6.71B17.2915,800Positive News
AWI
Armstrong World Industries
4.479 of 5 stars
$153.45
-0.1%
$140.83
-8.2%
+45.0%$6.69B$1.39B27.053,100Positive News
GFF
Griffon
4.6659 of 5 stars
$78.78
+0.4%
$89.25
+13.3%
+24.7%$3.77B$2.62B18.565,300Positive News
ROCK
Gibraltar Industries
3.704 of 5 stars
$67.21
+0.3%
N/A-23.8%$2.04B$1.38B18.612,110Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
PATK
Patrick Industries
4.3838 of 5 stars
$87.76
-2.2%
$93.25
+6.3%
+25.8%$1.97B$3.65B12.6510,000

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This page (NYSE:USG) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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