GFF vs. AOS, TREX, UFPI, SSD, AAON, AWI, PATK, ROCK, APOG, and AMWD
Should you be buying Griffon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Griffon include A. O. Smith (AOS), Trex (TREX), UFP Industries (UFPI), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), AAON (AAON), Armstrong World Industries (AWI), Patrick Industries (PATK), Gibraltar Industries (ROCK), Apogee Enterprises (APOG), and American Woodmark (AMWD). These companies are all part of the "building products" industry.
Griffon (NYSE:GFF) and A. O. Smith (NYSE:AOS) are both multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Griffon has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, A. O. Smith has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, A. O. Smith had 3 more articles in the media than Griffon. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for A. O. Smith and 5 mentions for Griffon. A. O. Smith's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Griffon's score of 0.73 indicating that A. O. Smith is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Griffon pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. A. O. Smith pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Griffon pays out 15.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. A. O. Smith pays out 33.2% 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.
A. O. Smith received 214 more outperform votes than Griffon when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.99% of users gave Griffon an outperform vote while only 62.28% of users gave A. O. Smith an outperform vote.
Griffon presently has a consensus target price of $81.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.93%. A. O. Smith has a consensus target price of $90.67, suggesting a potential upside of 8.40%. Given Griffon's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Griffon is more favorable than A. O. Smith.
A. O. Smith has higher revenue and earnings than Griffon. Griffon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than A. O. Smith, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
A. O. Smith has a net margin of 14.94% compared to Griffon's net margin of 7.48%. Griffon's return on equity of 90.02% beat A. O. Smith's return on equity.
73.2% of Griffon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.1% of A. O. Smith shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.1% of Griffon shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of A. O. Smith shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
A. O. Smith beats Griffon on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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