AAON (NASDAQ:AAON) & CCOM Group (OTCMKTS:CCOM) Head-To-Head Review

AAON (NASDAQ:AAON) and CCOM Group (OTCMKTS:CCOM) are both construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Profitability

This table compares AAON and CCOM Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AAON	12.60%	20.23%	14.23%
CCOM Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for AAON and CCOM Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AAON	0	0	4	1	3.20
CCOM Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

AAON presently has a consensus price target of $111.50, suggesting a potential upside of 50.13%. Given AAON’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe AAON is more favorable than CCOM Group.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

70.8% of AAON shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.7% of AAON shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 60.0% of CCOM Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares AAON and CCOM Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AAON	$1.20 billion	5.03	$168.56 million	$1.90	39.09
CCOM Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

AAON has higher revenue and earnings than CCOM Group.

Summary

AAON beats CCOM Group on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About AAON

AAON, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in engineering, manufacturing, marketing, and selling air conditioning and heating equipment in the United States and Canada. The company operates through three segments: AAON Oklahoma, AAON Coil Products, and BASX. It offers rooftop units, data center cooling solutions, cleanroom systems, chillers, packaged outdoor mechanical rooms, air handling units, makeup air units, energy recovery units, condensing units, geothermal/water-source heat pumps, coils, and controls. The company markets and sells its products to retail, manufacturing, educational, lodging, supermarket, data centers, medical and pharmaceutical, and other commercial industries. It sells its products through a network of independent manufacturer representative organizations and internal sales force, as well as online. The company was incorporated in 1987 and is based in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

About CCOM Group

CCOM Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, distributes heating, ventilating, and air conditioning equipment (HVAC) in the United States. It also distributes whole-house generators; climate control systems; plumbing and electrical fixtures and supplies; and parts and accessories. In addition, the company provides control system design, custom control panel fabrication, technical field support, in-house training, and climate control consultation services for engineers and installers; and designs direct digital control systems, as well as systems that control multi-location facilities through the Internet. It markets its products to HVAC, plumbing, and electrical contractors; building contractors; and other users primarily in New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, and portions of eastern Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Vermont. The company was formerly known as Colonial Commercial Corp. and changed its name to CCOM Group, Inc. in July 2012. CCOM Group, Inc. was founded in 1964 and is based in Hawthorne, New Jersey.