NX vs. VSEC, HOV, TPC, JELD, BXC, AGX, BZH, LOMA, GLDD, and LMB
Should you be buying Quanex Building Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quanex Building Products include VSE (VSEC), Hovnanian Enterprises (HOV), Tutor Perini (TPC), JELD-WEN (JELD), BlueLinx (BXC), Argan (AGX), Beazer Homes USA (BZH), Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima (LOMA), Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD), and Limbach (LMB). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
VSE (NASDAQ:VSEC) and Quanex Building Products (NYSE:NX) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.
Quanex Building Products has higher revenue and earnings than VSE.
Quanex Building Products has a net margin of 7.84% compared to Quanex Building Products' net margin of 2.56%. VSE's return on equity of 17.11% beat Quanex Building Products' return on equity.
VSE pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Quanex Building Products pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Quanex Building Products pays out 12.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
91.5% of VSE shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.5% of Quanex Building Products shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.6% of VSE shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Quanex Building Products shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
VSE has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quanex Building Products has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, VSE had 6 more articles in the media than Quanex Building Products. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for VSE and 2 mentions for Quanex Building Products. VSE's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Quanex Building Products' score of 0.78 indicating that Quanex Building Products is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Quanex Building Products received 152 more outperform votes than VSE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.47% of users gave Quanex Building Products an outperform vote while only 59.26% of users gave VSE an outperform vote.
VSE presently has a consensus price target of $87.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.38%. Quanex Building Products has a consensus price target of $38.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.00%. Given Quanex Building Products' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe VSE is more favorable than Quanex Building Products.
Summary
Quanex Building Products beats VSE on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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