LL Flooring (NYSE:LL – Get Rating) and Builders FirstSource (NASDAQ:BLDR – Get Rating) are each retail/wholesale firms, however which is the superior funding? We’ll distinction the 2 firms based mostly on the energy of their analyst suggestions, profitability, threat, institutional possession, dividends, valuation and earnings.
Earnings & Valuation
This desk compares LL Flooring and Builders FirstSource’s gross income, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Income | Value/Gross sales Ratio | Web Revenue | Earnings Per Share | Value/Earnings Ratio | |
| LL Flooring | $1.15 billion | 0.36 | $41.70 million | $1.42 | 9.89 |
| Builders FirstSource | $19.89 billion | 0.55 | $1.73 billion | $8.51 | 7.22 |
Builders FirstSource has larger income and earnings than LL Flooring. Builders FirstSource is buying and selling at a decrease price-to-earnings ratio than LL Flooring, indicating that it’s presently the extra reasonably priced of the 2 shares.
Threat & Volatility
LL Flooring has a beta of two.33, indicating that its share value is 133% extra risky than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Builders FirstSource has a beta of two.24, indicating that its share value is 124% extra risky than the S&P 500.
Insider & Institutional Possession
85.8% of LL Flooring shares are owned by institutional buyers. Comparatively, 97.2% of Builders FirstSource shares are owned by institutional buyers. 2.6% of LL Flooring shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Builders FirstSource shares are owned by insiders. Robust institutional possession is a sign that endowments, massive cash managers and hedge funds imagine a inventory is poised for long-term progress.
Analyst Suggestions
This can be a breakdown of present rankings and value targets for LL Flooring and Builders FirstSource, as offered by MarketBeat.
| Promote Scores | Maintain Scores | Purchase Scores | Robust Purchase Scores | Score Rating | |
| LL Flooring | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Builders FirstSource | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
LL Flooring presently has a consensus goal value of $22.00, suggesting a possible upside of 56.70%. Given LL Flooring’s larger possible upside, equities analysts clearly imagine LL Flooring is extra favorable than Builders FirstSource.
Profitability
This desk compares LL Flooring and Builders FirstSource’s web margins, return on fairness and return on belongings.
| Web Margins | Return on Fairness | Return on Property | |
| LL Flooring | 3.62% | 16.09% | 6.59% |
| Builders FirstSource | 8.67% | 39.10% | 19.57% |
Abstract
Builders FirstSource beats LL Flooring on 8 of the 12 components in contrast between the 2 shares.
About LL Flooring (Get Rating)
LL Flooring Holdings, Inc., along with its subsidiaries, operates as a multi-channel specialty retailer of hard-surface flooring, and hard-surface flooring enhancements and equipment. The corporate affords hardwood species; waterproof vinyl plank, engineered hardwood, laminate, bamboo, porcelain tile, and cork merchandise; and flooring enhancements and equipment, together with moldings, underlayment, adhesives, and instruments underneath the Bellawood and Coreluxe model names. It additionally offers in-home supply and set up providers. The corporate primarily serves owners, or to professionals on behalf of house owners. As of February 18, 2022, we operated 428 shops within the Unites States. The corporate additionally affords its merchandise by way of its buyer relationship middle, digital platform, and catalogs. The corporate was previously often known as Lumber Liquidators Holdings, Inc. and adjusted its identify to LL Flooring Holdings, Inc. in January 2022. LL Flooring Holdings, Inc. was based in 1994 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.
About Builders FirstSource (Get Rating)
Builders FirstSource, Inc., along with its subsidiaries, manufactures and provides constructing supplies, manufactured elements, and building providers to skilled homebuilders, sub-contractors, remodelers, and customers in the US. It affords lumber and lumber sheet items comprising dimensional lumber, plywood, and oriented strand board merchandise which might be utilized in on-site home framing; manufactured merchandise, akin to wooden ground and roof trusses, metal roof trusses, wall panels, stairs, and engineered wooden merchandise; and home windows, and inside and exterior door models, in addition to inside and exterior trims and customized merchandise underneath the Synboard model identify. The corporate additionally affords gypsum, roofing, and insulation merchandise, together with wallboards, ceilings, joint therapies, and finishes; and siding, steel, and concrete merchandise, akin to vinyl, composite, and wooden siding merchandise, in addition to exterior trims, different exteriors, steel studs, and cement merchandise. As well as, it offers different constructing services, akin to cupboards and {hardware}, in addition to turn-key framing, shell building, design help, {and professional} set up providers. The corporate was previously often known as BSL Holdings, Inc. and adjusted its identify to Builders FirstSource, Inc. in October 1999. Builders FirstSource, Inc. was based in 1998 and is predicated in Dallas, Texas.
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