AAON vs. LII, CHX, FLR, MTH, TMHC, IBP, AZEK, SUM, ALTR, and UFPI
Should you be buying AAON stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AAON include Lennox International (LII), ChampionX (CHX), Fluor (FLR), Meritage Homes (MTH), Taylor Morrison Home (TMHC), Installed Building Products (IBP), AZEK (AZEK), Summit Materials (SUM), Altair Engineering (ALTR), and UFP Industries (UFPI). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
AAON (NASDAQ:AAON) and Lennox International (NYSE:LII) are both construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.
70.8% of AAON shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.1% of Lennox International shares are held by institutional investors. 18.6% of AAON shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Lennox International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, AAON had 15 more articles in the media than Lennox International. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for AAON and 3 mentions for Lennox International. Lennox International's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat AAON's score of 0.40 indicating that Lennox International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
AAON pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Lennox International pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. AAON pays out 14.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lennox International pays out 25.5% 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.
AAON has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lennox International has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lennox International has a consensus target price of $482.31, indicating a potential downside of 1.32%. Given Lennox International's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lennox International is more favorable than AAON.
AAON has a net margin of 15.44% compared to Lennox International's net margin of 12.38%. Lennox International's return on equity of 303.36% beat AAON's return on equity.
Lennox International has higher revenue and earnings than AAON. Lennox International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AAON, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lennox International received 150 more outperform votes than AAON when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.01% of users gave AAON an outperform vote while only 47.70% of users gave Lennox International an outperform vote.
Summary
Lennox International beats AAON on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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