MAS vs. WSO, EME, JHX, WSO.B, LII, OC, RPM, ACM, BLD, and TOL
Should you be buying Masco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Masco include Watsco (WSO), EMCOR Group (EME), James Hardie Industries (JHX), Watsco (WSO.B), Lennox International (LII), Owens Corning (OC), RPM International (RPM), AECOM (ACM), TopBuild (BLD), and Toll Brothers (TOL). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Masco (NYSE:MAS) and Watsco (NYSE:WSO) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.
Masco pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Watsco pays an annual dividend of $10.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Masco pays out 28.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Watsco pays out 83.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Masco had 7 more articles in the media than Watsco. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Masco and 37 mentions for Watsco. Masco's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Watsco's score of 0.31 indicating that Masco is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Masco presently has a consensus target price of $72.15, indicating a potential upside of 4.07%. Watsco has a consensus target price of $404.25, indicating a potential downside of 9.61%. Given Masco's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Masco is more favorable than Watsco.
Masco received 388 more outperform votes than Watsco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.30% of users gave Masco an outperform vote while only 55.46% of users gave Watsco an outperform vote.
93.9% of Masco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.7% of Watsco shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Masco shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.3% of Watsco shares are owned 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.
Masco has higher revenue and earnings than Watsco. Masco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Watsco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Masco has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Watsco has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Masco has a net margin of 11.60% compared to Watsco's net margin of 7.03%. Masco's return on equity of 865.37% beat Watsco's return on equity.
Summary
Masco beats Watsco on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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