IBP vs. GEO, XIN, LEN, NVR, ROL, WY, WSO, EME, WSO.B, and LII
Should you be buying Installed Building Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Installed Building Products include The GEO Group (GEO), Xinyuan Real Estate (XIN), Lennar (LEN), NVR (NVR), Rollins (ROL), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Watsco (WSO), EMCOR Group (EME), Watsco (WSO.B), and Lennox International (LII).
Installed Building Products (NYSE:IBP) and The GEO Group (NYSE:GEO) are both construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
The GEO Group received 183 more outperform votes than Installed Building Products when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.71% of users gave The GEO Group an outperform vote while only 64.73% of users gave Installed Building Products an outperform vote.
In the previous week, The GEO Group had 4 more articles in the media than Installed Building Products. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for The GEO Group and 4 mentions for Installed Building Products. Installed Building Products' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat The GEO Group's score of 0.17 indicating that Installed Building Products is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Installed Building Products has higher revenue and earnings than The GEO Group. The GEO Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Installed Building Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Installed Building Products currently has a consensus target price of $229.30, suggesting a potential upside of 8.24%. The GEO Group has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.92%. Given The GEO Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe The GEO Group is more favorable than Installed Building Products.
Installed Building Products has a net margin of 8.90% compared to The GEO Group's net margin of 4.51%. Installed Building Products' return on equity of 45.41% beat The GEO Group's return on equity.
99.6% of Installed Building Products shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.1% of The GEO Group shares are held by institutional investors. 16.5% of Installed Building Products shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of The GEO Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Installed Building Products has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The GEO Group has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Installed Building Products beats The GEO Group on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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