PHM vs. NVR, TOL, DHI, TMHC, WY, HWM, LII, WSO.B, WSO, and MAS
Should you be buying PulteGroup stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PulteGroup include NVR (NVR), Toll Brothers (TOL), D.R. Horton (DHI), Taylor Morrison Home (TMHC), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Howmet Aerospace (HWM), Lennox International (LII), Watsco (WSO.B), Watsco (WSO), and Masco (MAS). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
NVR (NYSE:NVR) and PulteGroup (NYSE:PHM) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.
NVR currently has a consensus price target of $7,225.00, indicating a potential downside of 6.23%. PulteGroup has a consensus price target of $111.73, indicating a potential downside of 2.76%. Given NVR's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PulteGroup is more favorable than NVR.
PulteGroup has higher revenue and earnings than NVR. PulteGroup is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NVR, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NVR has a net margin of 17.33% compared to NVR's net margin of 16.63%. PulteGroup's return on equity of 38.54% beat NVR's return on equity.
PulteGroup received 394 more outperform votes than NVR when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.85% of users gave PulteGroup an outperform vote while only 52.09% of users gave NVR an outperform vote.
NVR has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PulteGroup has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.
83.7% of NVR shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of PulteGroup shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.0% of NVR shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of PulteGroup shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, PulteGroup had 27 more articles in the media than NVR. MarketBeat recorded 67 mentions for PulteGroup and 40 mentions for NVR. NVR's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat PulteGroup's score of 0.50 indicating that PulteGroup is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
PulteGroup beats NVR on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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