SSD vs. BLDR, LII, OC, MAS, AOS, TREX, UFPI, AAON, AWI, and GFF
Should you be buying Simpson Manufacturing stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Simpson Manufacturing include Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Lennox International (LII), Owens Corning (OC), Masco (MAS), A. O. Smith (AOS), Trex (TREX), UFP Industries (UFPI), AAON (AAON), Armstrong World Industries (AWI), and Griffon (GFF). These companies are all part of the "building products" industry.
Builders FirstSource (NYSE:BLDR) and Simpson Manufacturing (NYSE:SSD) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.
Builders FirstSource presently has a consensus target price of $195.13, suggesting a potential upside of 32.72%. Simpson Manufacturing has a consensus target price of $195.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.80%. Given Simpson Manufacturing's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Builders FirstSource is more favorable than Simpson Manufacturing.
In the previous week, Builders FirstSource had 11 more articles in the media than Simpson Manufacturing. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Builders FirstSource and 5 mentions for Simpson Manufacturing. Builders FirstSource's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Simpson Manufacturing's score of 0.81 indicating that Simpson Manufacturing is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Simpson Manufacturing has a net margin of 15.45% compared to Simpson Manufacturing's net margin of 8.57%. Simpson Manufacturing's return on equity of 38.66% beat Builders FirstSource's return on equity.
Builders FirstSource has a beta of 2.08, suggesting that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Simpson Manufacturing has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Builders FirstSource received 321 more outperform votes than Simpson Manufacturing when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.92% of users gave Builders FirstSource an outperform vote while only 56.96% of users gave Simpson Manufacturing an outperform vote.
Builders FirstSource has higher revenue and earnings than Simpson Manufacturing. Builders FirstSource is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Simpson Manufacturing, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
95.5% of Builders FirstSource shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.7% of Simpson Manufacturing shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Builders FirstSource shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Simpson Manufacturing shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Builders FirstSource beats Simpson Manufacturing on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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