SSD vs. HLMN, AYI, MTZ, AAON, UFPI, FLR, SUM, AZEK, IBP, and ALTR
Should you be buying Simpson Manufacturing stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Simpson Manufacturing include Hillman Solutions (HLMN), Acuity Brands (AYI), MasTec (MTZ), AAON (AAON), UFP Industries (UFPI), Fluor (FLR), Summit Materials (SUM), AZEK (AZEK), Installed Building Products (IBP), and Altair Engineering (ALTR). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Simpson Manufacturing (NYSE:SSD) and Hillman Solutions (NASDAQ:HLMN) are both construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and dividends.
Simpson Manufacturing has higher revenue and earnings than Hillman Solutions. Hillman Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Simpson Manufacturing, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
93.7% of Simpson Manufacturing shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.1% of Hillman Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Simpson Manufacturing shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Hillman Solutions shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Simpson Manufacturing currently has a consensus target price of $195.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.71%. Hillman Solutions has a consensus target price of $11.63, indicating a potential upside of 16.48%. Given Hillman Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hillman Solutions is more favorable than Simpson Manufacturing.
Simpson Manufacturing has a net margin of 15.45% compared to Hillman Solutions' net margin of -0.65%. Simpson Manufacturing's return on equity of 20.51% beat Hillman Solutions' return on equity.
In the previous week, Simpson Manufacturing had 5 more articles in the media than Hillman Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Simpson Manufacturing and 3 mentions for Hillman Solutions. Simpson Manufacturing's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Hillman Solutions' score of 0.69 indicating that Simpson Manufacturing is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Simpson Manufacturing received 204 more outperform votes than Hillman Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.96% of users gave Simpson Manufacturing an outperform vote while only 51.22% of users gave Hillman Solutions an outperform vote.
Simpson Manufacturing has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hillman Solutions has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Simpson Manufacturing beats Hillman Solutions on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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