NWPX Infrastructure (NASDAQ:NWPX) and Fortune Brands Innovations (NYSE:FBIN) Head to Head Comparison

Fortune Brands Innovations (NYSE:FBIN) and NWPX Infrastructure (NASDAQ:NWPX) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Fortune Brands Innovations and NWPX Infrastructure”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fortune Brands Innovations	$4.39 billion	1.09	$298.80 million	$1.23	32.50
NWPX Infrastructure	$526.00 million	1.80	$35.41 million	$4.99	19.67

Fortune Brands Innovations has higher revenue and earnings than NWPX Infrastructure. NWPX Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fortune Brands Innovations, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Fortune Brands Innovations and NWPX Infrastructure’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fortune Brands Innovations	3.39%	19.50%	7.09%
NWPX Infrastructure	8.49%	12.22%	7.93%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Fortune Brands Innovations and NWPX Infrastructure, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fortune Brands Innovations	1	10	7	1	2.42
NWPX Infrastructure	0	2	2	1	2.80

Fortune Brands Innovations currently has a consensus target price of $52.62, suggesting a potential upside of 31.64%. NWPX Infrastructure has a consensus target price of $110.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.07%. Given Fortune Brands Innovations’ higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Fortune Brands Innovations is more favorable than NWPX Infrastructure.

Volatility and Risk

Fortune Brands Innovations has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NWPX Infrastructure has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

87.6% of Fortune Brands Innovations shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of NWPX Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Fortune Brands Innovations shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of NWPX Infrastructure shares are owned 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.

Summary

Fortune Brands Innovations beats NWPX Infrastructure on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Fortune Brands Innovations

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. provides home and security products for residential home repair, remodeling, new construction, and security applications in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Water, Outdoors, and Security. The Water segment manufactures or assembles, and sells faucets, accessories, kitchen sinks, and waste disposals under the Moen, ROHL, Riobel, Victoria+Albert, Perrin & Rowe, Aqualisa, Shaws, Emtek, and Schaub brands. The Outdoors segment manufactures and sells fiberglass and steel entry door systems under the Therma-Tru brand; storm, screen, and security doors under the Larson brand; composite decking, railing, and cladding under the Fiberon brand; and urethane millwork under the Fypon brand. The Security segment manufactures, sources, and distributes locks, safety and security devices, and electronic security products under the Master Lock, American Lock, Yale, and August brands; and fire-resistant safes, security containers, and commercial cabinets under the SentrySafe brand. The company sells its products through various sales channels, including kitchen and bath dealers, wholesalers oriented toward builders or professional remodelers, industrial and locksmith distributors, do-it-yourself remodeling-oriented home centers, showrooms, e-commerce, and other retail outlets. Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois.

About NWPX Infrastructure

Northwest Pipe Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and supply of water-related infrastructure products in North America. It operates in two segments, Engineered Steel Pressure Pipe (SPP) and Precast Infrastructure and Engineered Systems (Precast). The SPP segment offers large-diameter and high-pressure steel pipeline systems for use in water infrastructure applications, which are primarily related to drinking water systems. Its products are also used for hydroelectric power systems, wastewater systems, seismic resiliency, and other applications. In addition, this segment makes products for industrial plant piping systems and certain structural applications. The Precast segment provides stormwater and wastewater technology products, precast, and reinforced concrete products, including reinforced concrete pipe, manholes, box culverts, vaults and catch basins, pump lift stations, oil water separators, biofiltration units, steel casing pipes, and bar-wrapped concrete cylinder pipes, as well as pipeline system joints, fittings, specialized components, and other environmental and engineered solutions. The company sells its water infrastructure products under ParkUSA, Geneva Pipe and Precast, Permalok, and Northwest Pipe Company brands primarily to installation contractors. Northwest Pipe Company was incorporated in 1966 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Washington.