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

Should you be buying USG stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of USG include Owens Corning (OC), A. O. Smith (AOS), AAON (AAON), Trex (TREX), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), UFP Industries (UFPI), Armstrong World Industries (AWI), Griffon (GFF), Patrick Industries (PATK), and Gibraltar Industries (ROCK). 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 better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Owens Corning received 398 more outperform votes than USG when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.07% of users gave Owens Corning an outperform vote while only 56.09% of users gave USG an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Owens CorningOutperform Votes
748
63.07%
Underperform Votes
438
36.93%
USGOutperform Votes
350
56.09%
Underperform Votes
274
43.91%

Owens Corning has a net margin of 10.66% compared to USG's net margin of 5.88%. Owens Corning's return on equity of 26.33% beat USG's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Owens Corning10.66% 26.33% 11.43%
USG 5.88%11.65%5.67%

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

Owens Corning presently has a consensus price target of $192.62, suggesting a potential downside of 0.39%. Given Owens Corning's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly 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)
7 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
USG
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, Owens Corning had 31 more articles in the media than USG. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Owens Corning and 5 mentions for USG. Owens Corning's average media sentiment score of 0.89 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
12 Very Positive mention(s)
9 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
USG
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 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$9.87B1.70$1.20B$11.8116.37
USG$3.34B1.27$196M$1.5120.08

Owens Corning has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, USG has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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$4.25B$351.76M$9.95B$20.07B
Dividend Yield2.50%1.55%1.80%3.55%
P/E Ratio20.083.5121.3241.71
Price / Sales1.272.673.3715.70
Price / Cash16.517.9321.0920.73
Price / Book2.212.105.405.27
Net Income$196M$73.69M$516.96M$988.95M

USG Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
USG
USG
0.8715 of 5 stars
$30.32
+1.3%
N/A+529.2%$4.25B$3.34B20.087,300
OC
Owens Corning
4.4823 of 5 stars
$180.34
+2.0%
N/A+54.2%$15.68B$9.87B15.2718,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
AOS
A. O. Smith
4.5197 of 5 stars
$75.40
+0.4%
N/A+7.6%$10.93B$3.85B19.8412,000Analyst Upgrade
AAON
AAON
3.4254 of 5 stars
$113.47
-0.7%
N/A+102.5%$9.19B$1.19B51.113,856Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up
TREX
Trex
3.3668 of 5 stars
$70.76
-0.1%
N/A+17.5%$7.58B$1.18B32.311,765Gap Up
SSD
Simpson Manufacturing
3.4592 of 5 stars
$178.79
-0.6%
N/A+29.9%$7.54B$2.22B23.625,497Positive News
UFPI
UFP Industries
4.4566 of 5 stars
$123.08
+0.6%
N/A+29.6%$7.50B$7.22B16.9315,800Analyst Revision
AWI
Armstrong World Industries
4.0093 of 5 stars
$140.59
+0.7%
N/A+88.9%$6.13B$1.30B24.803,100Gap Up
GFF
Griffon
4.4063 of 5 stars
$63.32
+0.7%
N/A+59.3%$3.12B$2.69B16.985,700Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
PATK
Patrick Industries
4.8485 of 5 stars
$115.77
-8.1%
N/A+60.0%$2.59B$3.47B16.6310,000High Trading Volume
ROCK
Gibraltar Industries
2.6599 of 5 stars
$66.95
-0.8%
N/A+8.2%$2.03B$1.34B18.602,110Gap Up

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This page (NYSE:USG) was last updated on 11/8/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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