RPM vs. OC, ACM, BLD, TOL, WMS, JHX, EME, CX, FND, and MAS
Should you be buying RPM International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RPM International include Owens Corning (OC), AECOM (ACM), TopBuild (BLD), Toll Brothers (TOL), Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS), James Hardie Industries (JHX), EMCOR Group (EME), CEMEX (CX), Floor & Decor (FND), and Masco (MAS). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Owens Corning (NYSE:OC) and RPM International (NYSE:RPM) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, profitability, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Owens Corning has a net margin of 11.53% compared to Owens Corning's net margin of 7.61%. Owens Corning's return on equity of 26.72% beat RPM International's return on equity.
Owens Corning has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RPM International has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
88.4% of Owens Corning shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.0% of RPM International shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Owens Corning shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of RPM International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Owens Corning received 297 more outperform votes than RPM International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.42% of users gave Owens Corning an outperform vote while only 59.43% of users gave RPM International an outperform vote.
Owens Corning has higher revenue and earnings than RPM International. Owens Corning is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RPM International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Owens Corning had 33 more articles in the media than RPM International. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Owens Corning and 2 mentions for RPM International. RPM International's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Owens Corning's score of 0.31 indicating that Owens Corning is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Owens Corning presently has a consensus target price of $168.21, indicating a potential downside of 2.47%. RPM International has a consensus target price of $115.11, indicating a potential upside of 6.68%. Given Owens Corning's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe RPM International is more favorable than Owens Corning.
Owens Corning pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. RPM International pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Owens Corning pays out 19.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RPM International pays out 42.4% 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. Owens Corning has raised its dividend for 9 consecutive years and RPM International has raised its dividend for 50 consecutive years. RPM International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Owens Corning beats RPM International on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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