JBI vs. GFF, MTEN, ALTR, UFPI, SSD, SUM, AZEK, LPX, MTH, and IBP
Should you be buying Janus International Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Janus International Group include Griffon (GFF), Mingteng International (MTEN), Altair Engineering (ALTR), UFP Industries (UFPI), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), Summit Materials (SUM), AZEK (AZEK), Louisiana-Pacific (LPX), Meritage Homes (MTH), and Installed Building Products (IBP).
Janus International Group (NYSE:JBI) and Griffon (NYSE:GFF) are both construction companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends and community ranking.
Griffon received 233 more outperform votes than Janus International Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.99% of users gave Griffon an outperform vote while only 41.38% of users gave Janus International Group an outperform vote.
Janus International Group has a net margin of 13.14% compared to Griffon's net margin of 7.48%. Griffon's return on equity of 90.02% beat Janus International Group's return on equity.
Janus International Group currently has a consensus target price of $16.30, suggesting a potential upside of 24.81%. Griffon has a consensus target price of $81.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.66%. Given Janus International Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Janus International Group is more favorable than Griffon.
88.8% of Janus International Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.2% of Griffon shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of Janus International Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.1% of Griffon shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Janus International Group has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Griffon has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Janus International Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Griffon. Janus International Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Griffon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Janus International Group had 1 more articles in the media than Griffon. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Janus International Group and 4 mentions for Griffon. Griffon's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Janus International Group's score of 1.23 indicating that Griffon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Griffon beats Janus International Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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