Critical Contrast: JELD-WEN (JELD) and Its Peers

JELD-WEN (NYSE:JELD) is one of 93 publicly-traded companies in the “Building Products” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare JELD-WEN to related companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for JELD-WEN and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JELD-WEN	1	5	0	0	1.83
JELD-WEN Competitors	741	3940	5071	241	2.48

JELD-WEN currently has a consensus price target of $1.98, indicating a potential upside of 92.68%. As a group, “Building Products” companies have a potential upside of 26.18%. Given JELD-WEN’s higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe JELD-WEN is more favorable than its rivals.

Risk and Volatility

JELD-WEN has a beta of 2.28, indicating that its stock price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JELD-WEN’s rivals have a beta of 1.07, indicating that their average stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

95.0% of JELD-WEN shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.6% of shares of all “Building Products” companies are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of JELD-WEN shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of shares of all “Building Products” companies are held by company 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.

Profitability

This table compares JELD-WEN and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JELD-WEN	-5.26%	-971.86%	-4.71%
JELD-WEN Competitors	3.97%	-37.99%	5.06%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares JELD-WEN and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
JELD-WEN	$3.14 billion	-$621.21 million	-0.53
JELD-WEN Competitors	$4.00 billion	$4.65 billion	38.07

JELD-WEN’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than JELD-WEN. JELD-WEN is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

JELD-WEN rivals beat JELD-WEN on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

JELD-WEN Company Profile

JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. is a manufacturer of windows and doors for residential and commercial construction and remodeling markets. Its products include vinyl, wood, aluminum and composite windows, as well as interior and exterior doors, patio doors and related building products. The company sells products through building-product distributors, dealers, retail outlets and other channels. Its brands and product offerings serve new construction, repair and remodeling, and replacement applications, with products designed for homes, offices and other buildings.