AAON vs. BLDR, LII, OC, MAS, AOS, TREX, UFPI, SSD, AWI, and GFF
Should you be buying AAON stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AAON include Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Lennox International (LII), Owens Corning (OC), Masco (MAS), A. O. Smith (AOS), Trex (TREX), UFP Industries (UFPI), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), Armstrong World Industries (AWI), and Griffon (GFF). These companies are all part of the "building products" industry.
AAON (NASDAQ:AAON) and Builders FirstSource (NYSE:BLDR) are both construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
Builders FirstSource received 312 more outperform votes than AAON when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.88% of users gave Builders FirstSource an outperform vote while only 56.01% of users gave AAON an outperform vote.
70.8% of AAON shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Builders FirstSource shares are held by institutional investors. 18.6% of AAON shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Builders FirstSource shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Builders FirstSource has a consensus target price of $196.27, suggesting a potential upside of 22.06%. Given Builders FirstSource's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Builders FirstSource is more favorable than AAON.
Builders FirstSource has higher revenue and earnings than AAON. Builders FirstSource is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AAON, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AAON has a net margin of 15.44% compared to Builders FirstSource's net margin of 8.57%. Builders FirstSource's return on equity of 38.66% beat AAON's return on equity.
AAON has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Builders FirstSource has a beta of 2.08, indicating that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Builders FirstSource had 12 more articles in the media than AAON. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Builders FirstSource and 5 mentions for AAON. AAON's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Builders FirstSource's score of 1.00 indicating that AAON is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Builders FirstSource beats AAON on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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