AAON vs. LII, TMHC, LPX, CHX, IBP, MTH, FLR, AZEK, THO, and BCC
Should you be buying AAON stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AAON include Lennox International (LII), Taylor Morrison Home (TMHC), Louisiana-Pacific (LPX), ChampionX (CHX), Installed Building Products (IBP), Meritage Homes (MTH), Fluor (FLR), AZEK (AZEK), THOR Industries (THO), and Boise Cascade (BCC). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Lennox International (NYSE:LII) and AAON (NASDAQ:AAON) are both construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.
Lennox International has higher revenue and earnings than AAON. Lennox International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AAON, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AAON has a net margin of 15.44% compared to AAON's net margin of 12.38%. AAON's return on equity of 303.36% beat Lennox International's return on equity.
In the previous week, AAON had 12 more articles in the media than Lennox International. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for AAON and 8 mentions for Lennox International. AAON's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Lennox International's score of 0.20 indicating that Lennox International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lennox International has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AAON has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Lennox International received 151 more outperform votes than AAON when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.01% of users gave AAON an outperform vote while only 47.76% of users gave Lennox International an outperform vote.
Lennox International currently has a consensus price target of $484.62, indicating a potential downside of 1.07%. Given AAON's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lennox International is more favorable than AAON.
67.1% of Lennox International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.8% of AAON shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.4% of Lennox International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.6% of AAON shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Lennox International pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. AAON pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Lennox International pays out 25.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AAON pays out 14.9% 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. Lennox International has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Lennox International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Lennox International beats AAON on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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