HOV vs. BZH, MHO, TPH, CCS, DFH, BXC, LOMA, AGX, TPC, and NX
Should you be buying Hovnanian Enterprises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hovnanian Enterprises include Beazer Homes USA (BZH), M/I Homes (MHO), Tri Pointe Homes (TPH), Century Communities (CCS), Dream Finders Homes (DFH), BlueLinx (BXC), Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima (LOMA), Argan (AGX), Tutor Perini (TPC), and Quanex Building Products (NX). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Beazer Homes USA (NYSE:BZH) and Hovnanian Enterprises (NYSE:HOV) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.
Beazer Homes USA received 99 more outperform votes than Hovnanian Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.58% of users gave Beazer Homes USA an outperform vote while only 54.56% of users gave Hovnanian Enterprises an outperform vote.
Hovnanian Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than Beazer Homes USA. Hovnanian Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Beazer Homes USA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
85.7% of Beazer Homes USA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.4% of Hovnanian Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 7.0% of Beazer Homes USA shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of Hovnanian Enterprises shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Beazer Homes USA has a beta of 2.24, suggesting that its share price is 124% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hovnanian Enterprises has a beta of 2.61, suggesting that its share price is 161% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Beazer Homes USA currently has a consensus price target of $35.67, indicating a potential upside of 25.37%. Given Hovnanian Enterprises' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Beazer Homes USA is more favorable than Hovnanian Enterprises.
Hovnanian Enterprises has a net margin of 7.45% compared to Hovnanian Enterprises' net margin of 7.26%. Beazer Homes USA's return on equity of 58.22% beat Hovnanian Enterprises' return on equity.
In the previous week, Beazer Homes USA had 3 more articles in the media than Hovnanian Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Beazer Homes USA and 1 mentions for Hovnanian Enterprises. Hovnanian Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Beazer Homes USA's score of -1.00 indicating that Beazer Homes USA is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Beazer Homes USA beats Hovnanian Enterprises on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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