SKY vs. CVCO, LEGH, OC, MAS, RPM, JHX, WMS, BLD, TOL, and FND
Should you be buying Skyline Champion stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Skyline Champion include Cavco Industries (CVCO), Legacy Housing (LEGH), Owens Corning (OC), Masco (MAS), RPM International (RPM), James Hardie Industries (JHX), Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS), TopBuild (BLD), Toll Brothers (TOL), and Floor & Decor (FND).
Skyline Champion (NYSE:SKY) and Cavco Industries (NASDAQ:CVCO) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.
Cavco Industries has a net margin of 8.79% compared to Skyline Champion's net margin of 7.24%. Cavco Industries' return on equity of 15.46% beat Skyline Champion's return on equity.
95.6% of Cavco Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.0% of Skyline Champion shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Cavco Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Cavco Industries received 183 more outperform votes than Skyline Champion when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.11% of users gave Cavco Industries an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Skyline Champion an outperform vote.
Cavco Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Skyline Champion. Cavco Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Skyline Champion, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Skyline Champion has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cavco Industries has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Skyline Champion had 11 more articles in the media than Cavco Industries. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Skyline Champion and 3 mentions for Cavco Industries. Cavco Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Skyline Champion's score of 0.37 indicating that Cavco Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Skyline Champion presently has a consensus target price of $70.80, suggesting a potential upside of 1.71%. Cavco Industries has a consensus target price of $425.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.98%. Given Cavco Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cavco Industries is more favorable than Skyline Champion.
Summary
Cavco Industries beats Skyline Champion on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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