OC vs. JHX, MAS, RPM, BLD, LII, ACM, TOL, EME, WMS, and FND
Should you be buying Owens Corning stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Owens Corning include James Hardie Industries (JHX), Masco (MAS), RPM International (RPM), TopBuild (BLD), Lennox International (LII), AECOM (ACM), Toll Brothers (TOL), EMCOR Group (EME), Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS), and Floor & Decor (FND). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
James Hardie Industries (NYSE:JHX) and Owens Corning (NYSE:OC) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.
James Hardie Industries has a net margin of 13.93% compared to James Hardie Industries' net margin of 11.53%. Owens Corning's return on equity of 38.75% beat James Hardie Industries' return on equity.
James Hardie Industries has a beta of 1.69, indicating that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Owens Corning has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Owens Corning received 497 more outperform votes than James Hardie Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.42% of users gave Owens Corning an outperform vote while only 61.50% of users gave James Hardie Industries an outperform vote.
Owens Corning has higher revenue and earnings than James Hardie Industries. Owens Corning 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.
In the previous week, Owens Corning had 21 more articles in the media than James Hardie Industries. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Owens Corning and 6 mentions for James Hardie Industries. James Hardie Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Owens Corning's score of 0.25 indicating that Owens Corning is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
8.0% of James Hardie Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.4% of Owens Corning shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Owens Corning shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
James Hardie Industries presently has a consensus target price of $35.50, indicating a potential upside of 1.84%. Owens Corning has a consensus target price of $168.21, indicating a potential upside of 0.08%. Given Owens Corning's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe James Hardie Industries is more favorable than Owens Corning.
Summary
Owens Corning beats James Hardie Industries on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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