WSO.B vs. WSO, EME, LII, JHX, MAS, OC, RPM, TOL, WMS, and WY
Should you be buying Watsco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Watsco include Watsco (WSO), EMCOR Group (EME), Lennox International (LII), James Hardie Industries (JHX), Masco (MAS), Owens Corning (OC), RPM International (RPM), Toll Brothers (TOL), Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS), and Weyerhaeuser (WY). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Watsco (NYSE:WSO) and Watsco (NYSE:WSO.B) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Watsco had 16 more articles in the media than Watsco. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Watsco and 3 mentions for Watsco. Watsco's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Watsco's score of 0.59 indicating that Watsco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Watsco pays an annual dividend of $10.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Watsco pays an annual dividend of $10.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Watsco pays out 83.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Watsco pays out 83.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Watsco has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Watsco is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Watsco presently has a consensus target price of $404.25, suggesting a potential downside of 15.36%. Given Watsco's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Watsco is more favorable than Watsco.
Watsco has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Watsco has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
89.7% of Watsco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Watsco shares are held by institutional investors. 13.3% of Watsco shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of Watsco shares are held 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.
Watsco received 231 more outperform votes than Watsco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.11% of users gave Watsco an outperform vote while only 55.46% of users gave Watsco an outperform vote.
Watsco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Watsco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Watsco beats Watsco on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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