BLD vs. TOL, WMS, FND, ACM, RPM, FIX, CX, OC, MAS, and JHX
Should you be buying TopBuild stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TopBuild include Toll Brothers (TOL), Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS), Floor & Decor (FND), AECOM (ACM), RPM International (RPM), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), CEMEX (CX), Owens Corning (OC), Masco (MAS), and James Hardie Industries (JHX). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Toll Brothers (NYSE:TOL) and TopBuild (NYSE:BLD) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking and valuation.
Toll Brothers has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TopBuild has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Toll Brothers received 173 more outperform votes than TopBuild when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.17% of users gave TopBuild an outperform vote while only 57.20% of users gave Toll Brothers an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Toll Brothers had 12 more articles in the media than TopBuild. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Toll Brothers and 11 mentions for TopBuild. Toll Brothers' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat TopBuild's score of 0.62 indicating that TopBuild is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
91.8% of Toll Brothers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.7% of TopBuild shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Toll Brothers shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of TopBuild shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Toll Brothers currently has a consensus price target of $116.40, suggesting a potential downside of 10.97%. TopBuild has a consensus price target of $420.90, suggesting a potential upside of 4.17%. Given Toll Brothers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe TopBuild is more favorable than Toll Brothers.
Toll Brothers has higher revenue and earnings than TopBuild. Toll Brothers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TopBuild, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Toll Brothers has a net margin of 13.97% compared to Toll Brothers' net margin of 12.11%. Toll Brothers' return on equity of 25.87% beat TopBuild's return on equity.
Summary
TopBuild beats Toll Brothers on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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