WSO vs. WSO.B, LII, EME, JHX, MAS, ROL, WY, OC, NVR, and RPM
Should you be buying Watsco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Watsco include Watsco (WSO.B), Lennox International (LII), EMCOR Group (EME), James Hardie Industries (JHX), Masco (MAS), Rollins (ROL), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Owens Corning (OC), NVR (NVR), and RPM International (RPM). 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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
Watsco currently has a consensus target price of $404.25, indicating a potential downside of 15.36%. Given Watsco's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Watsco is more favorable than Watsco.
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.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of Watsco shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Watsco has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Watsco has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Watsco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Watsco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Watsco had 15 more articles in the media than Watsco. MarketBeat recorded 18 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.
Summary
Watsco beats Watsco on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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