Griffon Corporation (GFF) vs Owens Corning Inc (OC)

Griffon Corporation and Owens Corning Inc are both Building Products & Equipment companies. Owens Corning Inc is the larger, with a market value of $9.0B against $4.2B — 2.1× the size. Owens Corning Inc has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Griffon Corporation trades at 23.2×. Griffon Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 18.2% against −7.23%. Griffon Corporation has the higher net margin (6.98% vs −6.81%) and the higher return on invested capital (22.1% vs 0.36%). Both pay a dividend; Owens Corning Inc yields more (3.41% vs 0.95%). Across the 22 metrics below, Griffon Corporation leads on 11 and Owens Corning Inc on 11.

Valuation

Metric GFF OC Building Products & Equipment median
P/E 23.15 n/m 23.15
P/S 1.59 0.92 2.02
P/B 31.61 2.38 2.81
Price to free cash flow 12.95 9.32 16.84
EV/EBITDA 10.07 7.19 12.85
EV/Sales 2.04 1.41 2.04
Earnings yield 4.32% (7.15%) 2.76%
Free cash flow yield 7.72% 10.73% 4.23%

Profitability

Metric GFF OC Building Products & Equipment median
Gross margin 41.40% 25.98% 29.19%
Operating margin 17.61% 0.51% 6.99%
Net margin 6.98% (6.81%) 4.05%
Free cash flow margin 12.30% 9.87% 7.60%
Return on equity 185.41% (14.89%) 9.28%
Return on assets 9.12% (4.93%) 2.88%
Return on invested capital 22.08% 0.36% 5.16%

Growth

Metric GFF OC Building Products & Equipment median
Revenue growth (TTM) 18.22% (7.23%) 3.11%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (74.23%) (184.40%) (34.13%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.05% 7.45% 5.37%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (0.88%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric GFF OC Building Products & Equipment median
Debt to equity 9.75 1.34 0.43
Current ratio 2.41 1.16 1.82
Net debt to EBITDA 2.52 2.14 0.98

Dividend

Metric GFF OC Building Products & Equipment median
Dividend yield 0.95% 3.41% 1.43%
Payout ratio 0.22 — 0.29

Size

Metric GFF OC Building Products & Equipment median
Market cap 4.22b 8.99b 1.17b

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