Comparing Lennox International (NYSE:LII) & Montana Technologies (NASDAQ:AIRJ)

Lennox International (NYSE:LII) and Montana Technologies (NASDAQ:AIRJ) are both construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares Lennox International and Montana Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lennox International	12.38%	303.36%	22.81%
Montana Technologies	N/A	-7.23%	-3.82%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Lennox International and Montana Technologies’ gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lennox International	$4.98 billion	3.83	$590.10 million	$17.26	31.00
Montana Technologies	N/A	N/A	$1.24 million	N/A	N/A

Lennox International has higher revenue and earnings than Montana Technologies.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

67.1% of Lennox International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.7% of Montana Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.4% of Lennox International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 40.4% of Montana Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Lennox International and Montana Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lennox International	1	4	8	0	2.54
Montana Technologies	0	0	0	0	N/A

Lennox International presently has a consensus price target of $491.92, suggesting a potential downside of 8.05%. Given Lennox International’s higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Lennox International is more favorable than Montana Technologies.

Volatility and Risk

Lennox International has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Montana Technologies has a beta of 0.12, suggesting that its share price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Lennox International beats Montana Technologies on 9 of the 10 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 Montana Technologies

Montana Technologies Corporation operates as an atmospheric renewable energy and water harvesting technology company. It provides energy and dehumidification, evaporative cooling, and atmospheric water generation through its AirJoule technology. The company is headquartered in Ronan, Montana.