UFPI vs. SSD, ALTR, SUM, AYI, AZEK, FLR, MTH, IBP, CHX, and MTZ
Should you be buying UFP Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UFP Industries include Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), Altair Engineering (ALTR), Summit Materials (SUM), Acuity Brands (AYI), AZEK (AZEK), Fluor (FLR), Meritage Homes (MTH), Installed Building Products (IBP), ChampionX (CHX), and MasTec (MTZ). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
UFP Industries (NASDAQ:UFPI) and Simpson Manufacturing (NYSE:SSD) are both mid-cap 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.
UFP Industries received 71 more outperform votes than Simpson Manufacturing when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.92% of users gave UFP Industries an outperform vote while only 56.96% of users gave Simpson Manufacturing an outperform vote.
UFP Industries has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Simpson Manufacturing has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, UFP Industries had 1 more articles in the media than Simpson Manufacturing. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for UFP Industries and 8 mentions for Simpson Manufacturing. Simpson Manufacturing's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat UFP Industries' score of 0.55 indicating that Simpson Manufacturing is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
UFP Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Simpson Manufacturing pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. UFP Industries pays out 16.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Simpson Manufacturing pays out 13.5% 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.
UFP Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Simpson Manufacturing. UFP Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Simpson Manufacturing, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
UFP Industries currently has a consensus target price of $116.50, indicating a potential downside of 2.85%. Simpson Manufacturing has a consensus target price of $195.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.83%. Given Simpson Manufacturing's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Simpson Manufacturing is more favorable than UFP Industries.
Simpson Manufacturing has a net margin of 15.45% compared to UFP Industries' net margin of 7.24%. Simpson Manufacturing's return on equity of 20.51% beat UFP Industries' return on equity.
81.8% of UFP Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.7% of Simpson Manufacturing shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of UFP Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Simpson Manufacturing shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
UFP Industries beats Simpson Manufacturing on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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