IAC vs. GFF, WOR, FSS, BATRA, VGR, FBYD, IEP, ITT, SPLP, and LXU
Should you be buying IAC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IAC include Griffon (GFF), Worthington Enterprises (WOR), Federal Signal (FSS), Atlanta Braves (BATRA), Vector Group (VGR), Falcon's Beyond Global (FBYD), Icahn Enterprises (IEP), ITT (ITT), Steel Partners (SPLP), and LSB Industries (LXU). These companies are all part of the "multi-sector conglomerates" sector.
Griffon (NYSE:GFF) and IAC (NASDAQ:IAC) are both mid-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.
In the previous week, IAC had 17 more articles in the media than Griffon. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for IAC and 2 mentions for Griffon. IAC's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Griffon's score of 0.10 indicating that Griffon is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Griffon has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IAC has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
IAC has higher revenue and earnings than Griffon. IAC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Griffon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
73.2% of Griffon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.9% of IAC shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.1% of Griffon shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.6% of IAC shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
IAC received 809 more outperform votes than Griffon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.13% of users gave IAC an outperform vote while only 64.80% of users gave Griffon an outperform vote.
Griffon presently has a consensus target price of $69.50, suggesting a potential upside of 3.42%. IAC has a consensus target price of $78.69, suggesting a potential upside of 64.46%. Given Griffon's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe IAC is more favorable than Griffon.
IAC has a net margin of 6.09% compared to IAC's net margin of 2.65%. IAC's return on equity of 72.80% beat Griffon's return on equity.
Summary
IAC beats Griffon on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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