BCC vs. ASPN, KBH, THO, AWI, SKY, AAON, RYN, TMHC, GTES, and KNF
Should you be buying Boise Cascade stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Boise Cascade include Aspen Aerogels (ASPN), KB Home (KBH), THOR Industries (THO), Armstrong World Industries (AWI), Skyline Champion (SKY), AAON (AAON), Rayonier (RYN), Taylor Morrison Home (TMHC), Gates Industrial (GTES), and Knife River (KNF). 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 stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.
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.
Boise Cascade has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aspen Aerogels has a beta of 1.97, suggesting that its stock 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.
Boise Cascade has a net margin of 7.08% compared to Aspen Aerogels' net margin of -10.73%. Boise Cascade's return on equity of 22.00% beat Aspen Aerogels' return on equity.
Boise Cascade currently has a consensus price target of $125.00, indicating a potential downside of 8.12%. Aspen Aerogels has a consensus price target of $25.33, indicating a potential downside of 5.08%. Given Aspen Aerogels' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Aspen Aerogels is more favorable than Boise Cascade.
In the previous week, Boise Cascade had 2 more articles in the media than Aspen Aerogels. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Boise Cascade and 15 mentions for Aspen Aerogels. Boise Cascade's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Aspen Aerogels' score of 0.56 indicating that Boise Cascade is being referred to more favorably in the media.
96.2% of Boise Cascade shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.6% of Aspen Aerogels shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Boise Cascade shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Aspen Aerogels shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Boise Cascade and Aspen Aerogels tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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