ROL vs. WY, NVR, PHM, WSO, LII, WSO.B, EME, JHX, MAS, and OC
Should you be buying Rollins stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rollins include Weyerhaeuser (WY), NVR (NVR), PulteGroup (PHM), Watsco (WSO), Lennox International (LII), Watsco (WSO.B), EMCOR Group (EME), James Hardie Industries (JHX), Masco (MAS), and Owens Corning (OC). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Rollins (NYSE:ROL) and Weyerhaeuser (NYSE:WY) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Rollins has a net margin of 13.94% compared to Weyerhaeuser's net margin of 10.57%. Rollins' return on equity of 37.73% beat Weyerhaeuser's return on equity.
Rollins presently has a consensus target price of $47.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.89%. Weyerhaeuser has a consensus target price of $37.67, indicating a potential upside of 20.84%. Given Weyerhaeuser's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Weyerhaeuser is more favorable than Rollins.
51.8% of Rollins shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of Weyerhaeuser shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of Rollins shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Weyerhaeuser shares are held 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.
Weyerhaeuser has higher revenue and earnings than Rollins. Weyerhaeuser is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rollins, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Rollins had 5 more articles in the media than Weyerhaeuser. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Rollins and 14 mentions for Weyerhaeuser. Weyerhaeuser's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Rollins' score of 0.42 indicating that Weyerhaeuser is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Rollins pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Weyerhaeuser pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Rollins pays out 67.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Weyerhaeuser pays out 72.7% 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.
Weyerhaeuser received 234 more outperform votes than Rollins when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.80% of users gave Weyerhaeuser an outperform vote while only 62.02% of users gave Rollins an outperform vote.
Rollins has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Weyerhaeuser has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Rollins and Weyerhaeuser tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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