JHX vs. EME, MAS, WSO, OC, WSO.B, LII, RPM, ACM, BLD, and TOL
Should you be buying James Hardie Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of James Hardie Industries include EMCOR Group (EME), Masco (MAS), Watsco (WSO), Owens Corning (OC), Watsco (WSO.B), Lennox International (LII), RPM International (RPM), AECOM (ACM), TopBuild (BLD), and Toll Brothers (TOL). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
James Hardie Industries (NYSE:JHX) and EMCOR Group (NYSE:EME) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation, risk and media sentiment.
In the previous week, EMCOR Group had 17 more articles in the media than James Hardie Industries. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for EMCOR Group and 8 mentions for James Hardie Industries. EMCOR Group's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat James Hardie Industries' score of 0.50 indicating that EMCOR Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
James Hardie Industries currently has a consensus target price of $35.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.70%. EMCOR Group has a consensus target price of $375.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.07%. Given EMCOR Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe EMCOR Group is more favorable than James Hardie Industries.
James Hardie Industries has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EMCOR Group has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
James Hardie Industries has a net margin of 13.93% compared to EMCOR Group's net margin of 5.48%. James Hardie Industries' return on equity of 38.75% beat EMCOR Group's return on equity.
8.0% of James Hardie Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of EMCOR Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of EMCOR Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
EMCOR Group has higher revenue and earnings than James Hardie Industries. EMCOR Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than James Hardie Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
EMCOR Group received 39 more outperform votes than James Hardie Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.68% of users gave EMCOR Group an outperform vote while only 61.50% of users gave James Hardie Industries an outperform vote.
Summary
EMCOR Group beats James Hardie Industries on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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