EXP vs. USLM, MLM, VMC, CX, LOMA, CPAC, CRH, PHM, NVR, and ROL
Should you be buying Eagle Materials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eagle Materials include United States Lime & Minerals (USLM), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), Vulcan Materials (VMC), CEMEX (CX), Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima (LOMA), Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. (CPAC), CRH (CRH), PulteGroup (PHM), NVR (NVR), and Rollins (ROL). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
United States Lime & Minerals (NASDAQ:USLM) and Eagle Materials (NYSE:EXP) are both construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation and risk.
United States Lime & Minerals has a net margin of 27.91% compared to United States Lime & Minerals' net margin of 21.14%. United States Lime & Minerals' return on equity of 37.31% beat Eagle Materials' return on equity.
United States Lime & Minerals has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eagle Materials has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, United States Lime & Minerals had 1 more articles in the media than Eagle Materials. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for United States Lime & Minerals and 5 mentions for Eagle Materials. United States Lime & Minerals' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Eagle Materials' score of 1.11 indicating that Eagle Materials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Eagle Materials has higher revenue and earnings than United States Lime & Minerals. Eagle Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United States Lime & Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Eagle Materials received 252 more outperform votes than United States Lime & Minerals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.13% of users gave United States Lime & Minerals an outperform vote while only 64.32% of users gave Eagle Materials an outperform vote.
Eagle Materials has a consensus price target of $279.67, suggesting a potential upside of 20.34%. Given United States Lime & Minerals' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Eagle Materials is more favorable than United States Lime & Minerals.
27.1% of United States Lime & Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Eagle Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of United States Lime & Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Eagle Materials shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
United States Lime & Minerals pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Eagle Materials pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. United States Lime & Minerals pays out 7.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eagle Materials pays out 7.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. United States Lime & Minerals has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Summary
United States Lime & Minerals and Eagle Materials tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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