IBP vs JLHL vs SNT Stock Comparison

Installed Building Products, Julong Holding and Senstar Technologies Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
JLHL Julong Holding Ltd
$5.41 +34.2% 1M +42.4% 1Y
Market cap
$114.98M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Engineering and Construction Industrials
1 win

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Installed Building Products leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Installed Building Products 8, Julong Holding 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionIBPJLHLSNTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $5.67B $114.98M $37.56M IBP
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 22.6x — 76.3x IBP
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 21.1x — — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +0.3% — -3.2% IBP
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 8.5% — 1.3% IBP
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 16.0% — 0.7% IBP
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.4x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -19.3% +42.4% -65.8% JLHL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +10.8%/yr — -16.8%/yr IBP
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 55.3% 261.8% 59.3% IBP
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 66/100 — 49/100 IBP

Percentile Scorecard

IBPJLHLSNT

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisIBPJLHLSNT
Valuation 59 #22 of 52 – 71 #34 of 113
Growth 19 #30 of 37 – 2 #94 of 96
Profitability 97 #2 of 37 – 33 #61 of 91
Financial Health 71 #17 of 57 50 #29 of 57 89 #14 of 122
Shareholder Returns 81 #6 of 27 – –
Overall 66 – 49
  • IBP ranked among 57 companies in Construction Services
  • JLHL ranked among 57 companies in Construction Services
  • SNT ranked among 130 companies in Business Services

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodIBPJLHLSNTSPY
1 month +9.3%+34.2%+1.9% +0.7%
3 months -5.7%-22.7%-6.3% +3.7%
6 months -26.5%-53.8%-40.7% +7.1%
Year to date -18.2%+34.2%-66.3% +12.8%
1 year -19.3%+42.4%-65.8% +11.9%
3 years +93.5%—+32.5% +85.2%
3 years, per year +24.6%—+9.8% +22.8%
5 years +67.0%—-60.1% +67.6%
5 years, per year +10.8%—-16.8% +10.9%
10 years +561.9%—-63.7% +262.0%
10 years, per year +20.8%—-9.6% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureIBPJLHLSNTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 55.3%261.8%59.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 61.0%229.2%60.8% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.370.760.91 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.350.16-1.11 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -49.2%-93.2%-74.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -38.4%-87.9%-66.8% -1.2%
52-week high $344.19$44.80$4.91 $779.14
52-week low $180.32$3.05$1.34 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleIBPJLHLSNT
P/E now vs peer median 22.5xmedian 28.1x —median 28.1x 77.3xmedian 21.9x
P/S now vs peer median 1.9xmedian 0.8x —median 0.8x 1.0xmedian 0.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 13.1xmedian 12.7x —median 12.7x —median 11.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 19.3xmedian 25.0x —median 25.0x —median 14.4x
P/B now vs peer median 8.8xmedian 2.5x 10.0xmedian 2.5x 0.9xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median 6.78median 0.60 —median 0.60 —median 0.97

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsIBPJLHLSNT
Revenue $2.96B – $36.80M
Gross profit $996.90M – $23.34M
Operating income $367.80M – $729.00K
Net income $250.70M – $378.00K
Free cash flow $291.70M – –
R&D – – $3.98M
EPS (diluted) $9.39 – $0.02
Cash & equivalents $394.50M $6.27M $7.88M
Total debt $1.06B – $1.14M
Shares (diluted) 26.71M 20.39M 23.46M
Enterprise value $4.14B $94.10M -$25.16M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricIBPJLHLSNT
P/E 22.5x – 77.3x
P/FCF 19.3x – –
P/Operating cash flow 15.7x – –
P/S 1.9x – 1.0x
P/B 8.8x 10.0x 0.9x
P/Tangible book 15.2x 10.0x 0.9x
EV/EBITDA 13.1x – –
EV/EBIT 17.1x – 41.8x
EV/Revenue 2.1x – 0.8x
EV/FCF 21.6x – –
EV/Operating cash flow 17.5x – –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 6.78 – –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricIBPJLHLSNT
Revenue growth (1Y) 0.3% – -3.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 2.4% – –
Gross profit growth (1Y) 0.5% – -7.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 4.2% – –
Operating income growth (1Y) -0.8% – -86.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 0.2% – –
Net income growth (1Y) 0.3% – -92.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 1.4% – –
EPS growth (1Y) 2.9% – -90.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 3.3% – –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 0.4% – –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 4.4% – –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 5.3% – –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 3.0% – –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricIBPJLHLSNT
Gross margin 33.6% – 63.4%
EBITDA margin 16.2% – –
Operating margin 12.4% – 2.0%
Pretax margin 11.3% – 2.4%
Net margin 8.5% – 1.3%
FCF margin 9.8% – –
Operating cash flow margin 12.1% – –
Return on equity 38.4% – 0.9%
Return on assets 11.2% – 0.7%
Return on invested capital 16.0% – 0.7%
Return on capital employed 19.8% – 1.6%
Asset turnover 1.3x – 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.4x – –
Stock comp / revenue 0.7% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricIBPJLHLSNT
Debt / assets 47.2% 2.5% 0.8%
Debt / equity 1.7x 0.1x 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.4x – –
Debt / FCF 3.6x – –
Liabilities / assets 71.6% 79.9% 20.6%
Equity / assets 28.4% 20.1% 79.4%
Interest coverage 10.2x – –
Current ratio 3.0x 1.2x 3.6x
Quick ratio 2.2x 1.1x 2.2x
Cash ratio 1.0x 0.1x 1.0x
Altman Z-score 5.03 – 3.21

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricIBPJLHLSNT
Dividend yield 1.4% – –
Net buyback yield 3.4% – –
Shareholder yield 4.8% – 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusIBPJLHLSNT
Forward P/E 21.1xFY2026 – –
EPS, next fiscal year $10.04FY2026 – –
EPS growth, next FY -12.2%FY2026 – –
EPS growth, the year after +2.6% – –
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.10BFY2026 – –
Revenue growth, next FY +4.3%FY2026 – –
Revenue growth, the year after -7.8% – –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersIBPJLHLSNT
Held by institutions 97.9% – –
Institutions holding 424 – –
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.2% – –
Institutions buying 229 – –
Institutions selling 146 – –
Buyers to sellers 1.57 – –

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

IBPJLHLSNT
IBP 1.00 0.04 0.04
JLHL 0.04 1.00 0.02
SNT 0.04 0.02 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, IBP, JLHL and SNT?

Installed Building Products (IBP) is the largest by market capitalisation: Installed Building Products (IBP) $5.67B, Julong Holding (JLHL) $114.98M, Senstar Technologies (SNT) $37.56M.

Which stock is cheaper, IBP, JLHL and SNT?

Installed Building Products (IBP) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Installed Building Products (IBP) 22.6x, Senstar Technologies (SNT) 76.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Installed Building Products (IBP) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Installed Building Products (IBP) +0.3%, Senstar Technologies (SNT) -3.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Installed Building Products (IBP) has the highest net margin (Installed Building Products (IBP) 8.5%, Senstar Technologies (SNT) 1.3%). On return on invested capital, Installed Building Products (IBP) leads (Installed Building Products (IBP) 16.0%, Senstar Technologies (SNT) 0.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Julong Holding (JLHL) returned the most: Installed Building Products (IBP) -19.3%, Julong Holding (JLHL) +42.4%, Senstar Technologies (SNT) -65.8%. Over five years, Installed Building Products (IBP) compounded fastest (Installed Building Products (IBP) +10.8%/yr, Senstar Technologies (SNT) -16.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Installed Building Products (IBP) has been the steadiest (Installed Building Products (IBP) 55.3%, Julong Holding (JLHL) 261.8%, Senstar Technologies (SNT) 59.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, IBP, JLHL and SNT?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Installed Building Products (IBP) leads on 8. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.