JBI vs. GFF, MTEN, AYI, EXP, ALTR, UFPI, FLR, SSD, AZEK, and SUM
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), Acuity Brands (AYI), Eagle Materials (EXP), Altair Engineering (ALTR), UFP Industries (UFPI), Fluor (FLR), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), AZEK (AZEK), and Summit Materials (SUM).
Griffon (NYSE:GFF) and Janus International Group (NYSE:JBI) are both mid-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and risk.
Griffon has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Janus International Group has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Janus International Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Janus International Group has a net margin of 13.14% compared to Janus International Group's net margin of 7.48%. Janus International Group's return on equity of 90.02% beat Griffon's return on equity.
73.2% of Griffon shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.8% of Janus International Group shares are held by institutional investors. 16.1% of Griffon shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Janus International Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
In the previous week, Griffon had 5 more articles in the media than Janus International Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Griffon and 1 mentions for Janus International Group. Janus International Group's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Griffon's score of 0.00 indicating that Griffon is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Griffon currently has a consensus target price of $81.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.93%. Janus International Group has a consensus target price of $16.30, indicating a potential upside of 17.44%. Given Janus International Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Griffon is more favorable than Janus International Group.
Summary
Griffon beats Janus International Group on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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