ASPN vs. BCC, HLMN, WGO, JBI, USLM, ROCK, JELD, PATK, PRIM, and VSEC
Should you be buying Aspen Aerogels stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aspen Aerogels include Boise Cascade (BCC), Hillman Solutions (HLMN), Winnebago Industries (WGO), Janus International Group (JBI), United States Lime & Minerals (USLM), Gibraltar Industries (ROCK), JELD-WEN (JELD), Patrick Industries (PATK), Primoris Services (PRIM), and VSE (VSEC). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Boise Cascade (NYSE:BCC) and Aspen Aerogels (NYSE:ASPN) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
Boise Cascade has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aspen Aerogels has a beta of 1.97, suggesting that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Boise Cascade has higher revenue and earnings than Aspen Aerogels. Aspen Aerogels is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boise Cascade, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Aspen Aerogels received 82 more outperform votes than Boise Cascade when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.15% of users gave Aspen Aerogels an outperform vote while only 58.56% of users gave Boise Cascade an outperform vote.
96.2% of Boise Cascade shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.6% of Aspen Aerogels shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Boise Cascade shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Aspen Aerogels shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Boise Cascade currently has a consensus price target of $125.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.99%. Aspen Aerogels has a consensus price target of $25.33, suggesting a potential downside of 4.87%. Given Boise Cascade's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Aspen Aerogels is more favorable than Boise Cascade.
Boise Cascade has a net margin of 7.08% compared to Boise Cascade's net margin of -10.73%. Aspen Aerogels' return on equity of 22.00% beat Boise Cascade's return on equity.
In the previous week, Boise Cascade had 1 more articles in the media than Aspen Aerogels. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Boise Cascade and 16 mentions for Aspen Aerogels. Aspen Aerogels' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Boise Cascade's score of 0.57 indicating that Boise Cascade is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Boise Cascade and Aspen Aerogels tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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