WMS vs. BLD, TOL, FND, ACM, RPM, FIX, OC, CX, MAS, and JHX
Should you be buying Advanced Drainage Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Advanced Drainage Systems include TopBuild (BLD), Toll Brothers (TOL), Floor & Decor (FND), AECOM (ACM), RPM International (RPM), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), Owens Corning (OC), CEMEX (CX), Masco (MAS), and James Hardie Industries (JHX). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
TopBuild (NYSE:BLD) and Advanced Drainage Systems (NYSE:WMS) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Advanced Drainage Systems has a net margin of 17.74% compared to Advanced Drainage Systems' net margin of 12.11%. TopBuild's return on equity of 46.93% beat Advanced Drainage Systems' return on equity.
In the previous week, Advanced Drainage Systems had 17 more articles in the media than TopBuild. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Advanced Drainage Systems and 11 mentions for TopBuild. Advanced Drainage Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat TopBuild's score of 0.92 indicating that TopBuild is being referred to more favorably in the media.
TopBuild received 109 more outperform votes than Advanced Drainage Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.17% of users gave TopBuild an outperform vote while only 53.27% of users gave Advanced Drainage Systems an outperform vote.
TopBuild has higher revenue and earnings than Advanced Drainage Systems. TopBuild is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advanced Drainage Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TopBuild currently has a consensus price target of $420.90, indicating a potential upside of 4.17%. Advanced Drainage Systems has a consensus price target of $175.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.50%. Given Advanced Drainage Systems' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe TopBuild is more favorable than Advanced Drainage Systems.
TopBuild has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Advanced Drainage Systems has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
95.7% of TopBuild shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Advanced Drainage Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of TopBuild shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Advanced Drainage Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
TopBuild beats Advanced Drainage Systems on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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