MAS vs. JHX, OC, RPM, LII, EME, BLD, WSO.B, ACM, TOL, and WMS
Should you be buying Masco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Masco include James Hardie Industries (JHX), Owens Corning (OC), RPM International (RPM), Lennox International (LII), EMCOR Group (EME), TopBuild (BLD), Watsco (WSO.B), AECOM (ACM), Toll Brothers (TOL), and Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
James Hardie Industries (NYSE:JHX) and Masco (NYSE:MAS) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, profitability and community ranking.
James Hardie Industries has a beta of 1.72, meaning that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Masco has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Masco received 480 more outperform votes than James Hardie Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.24% of users gave Masco an outperform vote while only 61.50% of users gave James Hardie Industries an outperform vote.
James Hardie Industries has a net margin of 13.93% compared to James Hardie Industries' net margin of 11.60%. James Hardie Industries' return on equity of 865.37% beat Masco's return on equity.
In the previous week, Masco had 7 more articles in the media than James Hardie Industries. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Masco and 1 mentions for James Hardie Industries. Masco's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat James Hardie Industries' score of 0.56 indicating that James Hardie Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
James Hardie Industries currently has a consensus target price of $35.50, indicating a potential downside of 5.31%. Masco has a consensus target price of $72.15, indicating a potential upside of 0.16%. Given James Hardie Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Masco is more favorable than James Hardie Industries.
8.0% of James Hardie Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Masco shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Masco shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Masco has higher revenue and earnings than James Hardie Industries. Masco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than James Hardie Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Masco beats James Hardie Industries on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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