Head to Head Survey: Griffon (NYSE:GFF) & Alberton Acquisition (OTCMKTS:ALACU)

Alberton Acquisition (OTCMKTS:ALACU) and Griffon (NYSE:GFF) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

73.2% of Griffon shares are held by institutional investors. 16.1% of Griffon shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Alberton Acquisition and Griffon’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alberton Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Griffon	$2.61 billion	1.24	$77.62 million	$3.79	17.18

Griffon has higher revenue and earnings than Alberton Acquisition.

Profitability

This table compares Alberton Acquisition and Griffon’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alberton Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A
Griffon	7.48%	90.02%	10.45%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Alberton Acquisition and Griffon, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alberton Acquisition	0	0	0	0	N/A
Griffon	0	0	2	1	3.33

Griffon has a consensus price target of $80.33, indicating a potential upside of 23.38%. Given Griffon’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Griffon is more favorable than Alberton Acquisition.

Summary

Griffon beats Alberton Acquisition on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Alberton Acquisition

Alberton Acquisition Corporation does not have significant operations. It focuses on the purpose of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization, or other similar business combination with one or more target businesses. The company was formerly known as Wisdom Resources Group Limited and changed its name to Alberton Acquisition Corporation in July 2018. Alberton Acquisition Corporation was founded in 2005 and is based in Wan Chai, Hong Kong.

About Griffon

Griffon Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides consumer and professional, and home and building products in the United States, Europe, Canada, Australia, and internationally. The company operates through two segments: Home and Building Products, and Consumer and Professional Products. The Home and Building Products segment manufactures and markets residential and commercial sectional garage doors, rolling steel service doors, fire doors, shutters, steel security grilles, and room dividers for the use in commercial construction and repair, and home remodeling applications. The segment also sells related products, such as garage door openers. The Consumer and Professional Products segment manufactures and markets long-handled engineered tools, including spades, hoes, cultivators, weeders, post hole diggers, scrapers, edgers and forks; wheelbarrows and lawn carts; snow tools comprising pushers, roof rakes, sled sleigh shovels, scoops, and ice scrapers; and pruning products, such as pruners, loppers, shears, and other tools. The segment also offers striking tools, including axes, picks, mattocks, mauls, wood splitters, sledgehammers, pry bars, and repair handles; traditional and gardening hand tools comprising hammers, screwdrivers, pliers, adjustable wrenches, handsaws, tape measures, levels, clamps, trowels, cultivators, weeders, and other hand tools; indoor and outdoor planters and lawn accessories; and garden hoses and hose reels. In addition, the segment provides home organization products, including wire and wood shelving, containers, storage cabinets, and other closet and home organization accessories; residential, industrial, and commercial fans; and cleaning products, such as brooms, brushes, squeegees, and other cleaning products. The company was formerly known as Instrument Systems Corporation and changed its name to Griffon Corporation in June 1992. Griffon Corporation was founded in 1774 and is headquartered in New York, New York.