Comparing Janus International Group (NYSE:JBI) & Lennox International (NYSE:LII)

Lennox International (NYSE:LII) and Janus International Group (NYSE:JBI) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Lennox International and Janus International Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lennox International	2	9	5	0	2.19
Janus International Group	1	2	1	0	2.00

Lennox International presently has a consensus price target of $546.58, suggesting a potential upside of 39.48%. Janus International Group has a consensus price target of $7.30, suggesting a potential upside of 43.28%. Given Janus International Group’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Janus International Group is more favorable than Lennox International.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

67.1% of Lennox International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.8% of Janus International Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.8% of Lennox International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Janus International Group shares are owned by 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.

Risk and Volatility

Lennox International has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Janus International Group has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Lennox International and Janus International Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lennox International	14.61%	66.42%	19.16%
Janus International Group	3.68%	11.27%	4.88%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Lennox International and Janus International Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lennox International	$5.20 billion	2.61	$805.80 million	$22.12	17.72
Janus International Group	$884.20 million	0.79	$53.80 million	$0.24	21.23

Lennox International has higher revenue and earnings than Janus International Group. Lennox International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Janus International Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Lennox International beats Janus International Group on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Lennox International

Lennox International Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and markets a range of products for the heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration markets in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The Home Comfort Solutions segment provides furnaces, air conditioners, heat pumps, packaged heating and cooling systems, indoor air quality equipment, comfort control products, and replacement parts and supplies; residential heating, ventilation, cooling equipment, and air conditioning; and evaporator coils and unit heaters under Lennox, Dave Lennox Signature Collection, Armstrong Air, Ducane, AirEase, Concord, MagicPak, Advanced Distributor Products, Allied, Elite Series, Merit Series, Comfort Sync, Healthy Climate, iComfort, ComfortSense, and Lennox Stores name. The Building Climate Solutions segment offers unitary heating and air conditioning equipment, applied systems, controls, installation and service of commercial heating and cooling equipment, variable refrigerant flow commercial, curb, curb adapters, drop box diffusers, HVAC recycling, and salvage service. This segment also provides condensing units, unit coolers, fluid coolers, air cooled condensers, air handlers, and refrigeration rack systems for preserving food and other perishables; and compressor racks and industrial process chillers under the Lennox, Model L, CORE, Enlight, Xion, Energence, Prodigy, Strategos, Raider, Lennox VRF, Lennox National Account Services, Allied Commercial, Elite, AES Industries, Mechanical, and Reclaim, Heatcraft Worldwide and Chandler Refrigeration, Bohn, MAGNA, Larkin, FriguaBohn, IntelliGen, and Interlink brand name. In addition, the company provides small package units, rooftop units, chillers, air handlers, and fan coils. It sells its products and services through direct sales, distributors, and company-owned parts and supplies stores. The company was founded in 1895 and is headquartered in Richardson, Texas.

About Janus International Group

Janus International Group, Inc. manufacturers and supplies turn-key self-storage, and commercial and industrial building solutions in North America and internationally. The company offers roll up and swing doors, hallway systems, relocatable storage moveable additional storage structures units, and other solutions. It also provides facility and door automation and access control technologies; and Noke smart entry system. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Temple, Georgia.