ROCK vs. WOR, HAYN, UFPI, SSD, AAON, AWI, GFF, PATK, APOG, and AMWD
Should you be buying Gibraltar Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gibraltar Industries include Worthington Enterprises (WOR), Haynes International (HAYN), UFP Industries (UFPI), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), AAON (AAON), Armstrong World Industries (AWI), Griffon (GFF), Patrick Industries (PATK), Apogee Enterprises (APOG), and American Woodmark (AMWD).
Gibraltar Industries (NASDAQ:ROCK) and Worthington Enterprises (NYSE:WOR) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
Gibraltar Industries has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Worthington Enterprises has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Gibraltar Industries has a net margin of 8.31% compared to Worthington Enterprises' net margin of 7.12%. Worthington Enterprises' return on equity of 19.40% beat Gibraltar Industries' return on equity.
In the previous week, Worthington Enterprises had 5 more articles in the media than Gibraltar Industries. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Worthington Enterprises and 2 mentions for Gibraltar Industries. Gibraltar Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Worthington Enterprises' score of 0.74 indicating that Gibraltar Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
98.4% of Gibraltar Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.6% of Worthington Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Gibraltar Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 38.5% of Worthington Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Worthington Enterprises received 27 more outperform votes than Gibraltar Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.34% of users gave Gibraltar Industries an outperform vote while only 53.72% of users gave Worthington Enterprises an outperform vote.
Worthington Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than Gibraltar Industries. Worthington Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gibraltar Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Worthington Enterprises has a consensus price target of $61.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.96%. Given Worthington Enterprises' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Worthington Enterprises is more favorable than Gibraltar Industries.
Summary
Worthington Enterprises beats Gibraltar Industries on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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