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

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

USG vs.

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

80.7% of USG shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.8% of AAON shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of USG shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.6% of AAON shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

USG received 112 more outperform votes than AAON when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.09% of users gave USG an outperform vote while only 55.48% of users gave AAON an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
USGOutperform Votes
350
56.09%
Underperform Votes
274
43.91%
AAONOutperform Votes
238
55.48%
Underperform Votes
191
44.52%

USG has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AAON has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

AAON has a net margin of 15.78% compared to USG's net margin of 5.88%. AAON's return on equity of 24.98% beat USG's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
USG5.88% 11.65% 5.67%
AAON 15.78%24.98%19.40%

In the previous week, AAON had 23 more articles in the media than USG. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for AAON and 2 mentions for USG. AAON's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat USG's score of 0.00 indicating that AAON is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
USG
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
AAON
11 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
USG$3.34B1.25$196M$1.5119.74
AAON$1.17B9.33$177.62M$2.2759.11

AAON has a consensus price target of $133.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.88%. Given AAON's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AAON is more favorable than USG.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
USG
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
AAON
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

AAON beats USG on 14 of the 19 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$4.17B$404.36M$9.70B$19.87B
Dividend Yield2.50%1.37%1.82%3.50%
P/E Ratio19.723.4427.2135.66
Price / Sales1.252.843.4017.95
Price / Cash16.518.9321.4417.98
Price / Book2.172.234.964.59
Net Income$196M$73.69M$515.90M$985.93M

USG Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
USG
USG
0.8186 of 5 stars
$29.80
+0.8%
N/A+520.2%$4.17B$3.34B19.747,300
AAON
AAON
3.3687 of 5 stars
$134.18
+1.6%
$133.00
-0.9%
+108.9%$10.91B$1.17B58.173,856Insider Trade
AOS
A. O. Smith
4.1127 of 5 stars
$72.64
+1.2%
$86.71
+19.4%
-5.7%$10.53B$3.85B18.8812,000Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
UFPI
UFP Industries
4.3881 of 5 stars
$130.71
+1.6%
$148.00
+13.2%
+16.6%$7.94B$7.22B17.6915,800Analyst Revision
SSD
Simpson Manufacturing
3.6334 of 5 stars
$181.08
+1.2%
$218.00
+20.4%
+13.0%$7.63B$2.21B23.665,497Positive News
TREX
Trex
3.2418 of 5 stars
$69.84
+1.4%
$79.94
+14.5%
+1.6%$7.48B$1.09B31.451,765
AWI
Armstrong World Industries
4.4278 of 5 stars
$156.77
+1.5%
$140.83
-10.2%
+85.2%$6.83B$1.30B27.243,100Positive News
GFF
Griffon
4.5699 of 5 stars
$81.05
+2.1%
$89.25
+10.1%
+70.5%$3.88B$2.62B18.765,300Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Buyback Announcement
PATK
Patrick Industries
4.4364 of 5 stars
$133.96
+2.4%
$139.88
+4.4%
+53.1%$3.00B$3.47B18.7910,000Dividend Increase
Stock Split
ROCK
Gibraltar Industries
3.3466 of 5 stars
$69.58
+1.0%
N/A+0.7%$2.11B$1.38B19.142,110Positive News
APOG
Apogee Enterprises
3.3945 of 5 stars
$83.07
+2.2%
$75.00
-9.7%
+75.3%$1.82B$1.42B17.124,400

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This page (NYSE:USG) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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