GFF vs. WOR, IAC, BATRA, FSS, VGR, FBYD, IEP, ITT, SPLP, and LXU
Should you be buying Griffon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Griffon include Worthington Enterprises (WOR), IAC (IAC), Atlanta Braves (BATRA), Federal Signal (FSS), Vector Group (VGR), Falcon's Beyond Global (FBYD), Icahn Enterprises (IEP), ITT (ITT), Steel Partners (SPLP), and LSB Industries (LXU). These companies are all part of the "multi-sector conglomerates" sector.
Worthington Enterprises (NYSE:WOR) and Griffon (NYSE:GFF) are both mid-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.
Worthington Enterprises has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Griffon has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
51.6% of Worthington Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.2% of Griffon shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.5% of Worthington Enterprises shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.1% of Griffon shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Worthington Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Griffon pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Worthington Enterprises pays out 11.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Griffon pays out 44.8% 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. Griffon has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Worthington Enterprises is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Worthington Enterprises received 59 more outperform votes than Griffon when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.89% of users gave Griffon an outperform vote while only 53.72% of users gave Worthington Enterprises an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Griffon had 18 more articles in the media than Worthington Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Griffon and 1 mentions for Worthington Enterprises. Griffon's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Worthington Enterprises' score of 0.88 indicating that Worthington Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Worthington Enterprises currently has a consensus target price of $61.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.92%. Griffon has a consensus target price of $80.33, suggesting a potential upside of 10.58%. Given Worthington Enterprises' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Griffon is more favorable than Worthington Enterprises.
Worthington Enterprises has a net margin of 7.12% compared to Worthington Enterprises' net margin of 2.65%. Worthington Enterprises' return on equity of 72.80% beat Griffon's return on equity.
Worthington Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than Griffon. Worthington Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Griffon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Griffon beats Worthington Enterprises on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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