BCC vs. LPX, BECN, GMS, ASPN, SGBX, WSO, EME, WSO.B, LII, and OC
Should you be buying Boise Cascade stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Boise Cascade include Louisiana-Pacific (LPX), Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN), GMS (GMS), Aspen Aerogels (ASPN), Safe & Green (SGBX), Watsco (WSO), EMCOR Group (EME), Watsco (WSO.B), Lennox International (LII), and Owens Corning (OC).
Louisiana-Pacific (NYSE:LPX) and Boise Cascade (NYSE:BCC) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, risk and dividends.
Louisiana-Pacific currently has a consensus target price of $83.89, suggesting a potential downside of 7.85%. Boise Cascade has a consensus target price of $131.75, suggesting a potential downside of 1.85%. Given Louisiana-Pacific's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Boise Cascade is more favorable than Louisiana-Pacific.
Louisiana-Pacific has a beta of 1.87, indicating that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boise Cascade has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Louisiana-Pacific has a net margin of 9.74% compared to Louisiana-Pacific's net margin of 7.08%. Louisiana-Pacific's return on equity of 22.00% beat Boise Cascade's return on equity.
Louisiana-Pacific received 67 more outperform votes than Boise Cascade when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.56% of users gave Boise Cascade an outperform vote while only 55.93% of users gave Louisiana-Pacific an outperform vote.
Boise Cascade has higher revenue and earnings than Louisiana-Pacific. Boise Cascade is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Louisiana-Pacific, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Louisiana-Pacific had 7 more articles in the media than Boise Cascade. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Louisiana-Pacific and 2 mentions for Boise Cascade. Louisiana-Pacific's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Boise Cascade's score of 0.87 indicating that Boise Cascade is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
94.7% of Louisiana-Pacific shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.2% of Boise Cascade shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Louisiana-Pacific shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Boise Cascade shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Louisiana-Pacific pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Boise Cascade pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Louisiana-Pacific pays out 28.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Boise Cascade pays out 6.5% 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. Louisiana-Pacific has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Boise Cascade has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years.
Summary
Louisiana-Pacific and Boise Cascade tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Boise Cascade News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for BCC and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BCC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Boise Cascade Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
