Analyzing JELD-WEN (JELD) & The Competition

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 valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, risk and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for JELD-WEN and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JELD-WEN	1	5	0	0	1.83
JELD-WEN Competitors	740	3933	5066	238	2.48

JELD-WEN presently has a consensus target price of $1.98, indicating a potential upside of 89.00%. As a group, “Building Products” companies have a potential upside of 30.28%. Given JELD-WEN’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe JELD-WEN is more favorable than its rivals.

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	-16.36%	-246.42%	-5.69%
JELD-WEN Competitors	3.69%	-26.96%	5.10%

Institutional and Insider 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
JELD-WEN	$3.21 billion	-$621.21 million	-0.54
JELD-WEN Competitors	$4.00 billion	$4.65 billion	36.43

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.

Volatility and Risk

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

Summary

JELD-WEN rivals beat JELD-WEN on 9 of the 12 factors compared.

About JELD-WEN

JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells wood, metal, and composite materials doors, windows, and related building products in North America and Europe. The company offers a line of residential interior and exterior door products, including patio doors, and folding or sliding wall systems; non-residential doors; stile and rail doors; and wood, vinyl, and wood composite windows. It also provides other ancillary products and services, such as trim boards, glasses, hardware and locks, window screens, and molded door skins, as well as miscellaneous installation and other services. The company sells its products under the JELD-WEN, AuraLast, MiraTEC, Extira, LaCANTINA, MMI Door, Karona, ImpactGard, JW, Aurora, IWP, True BLU, ABS, Siteline, National Door, Low-Friction Glider, Hydrolock, VPI, AURALINE, FINISHIELD, MILLENNIUM, TRUFIT, EPICVUE, EVELIN, Swedoor, Dooria, DANA, Mattiovi, Zargag, Alupan, Domoferm, Kellpax, and HSE brands. It serves wholesale distributors and retailers, retail home centers, and building product dealers, as well as homebuilders, contractors, and consumers. JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. was founded in 1960 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.