BZH vs. HOV, MHO, CCS, DFH, AGX, BXC, LOMA, TPC, GLDD, and NX
Should you be buying Beazer Homes USA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Beazer Homes USA include Hovnanian Enterprises (HOV), M/I Homes (MHO), Century Communities (CCS), Dream Finders Homes (DFH), Argan (AGX), BlueLinx (BXC), Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima (LOMA), Tutor Perini (TPC), Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD), 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 companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Beazer Homes USA has a beta of 2.25, suggesting that its stock price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hovnanian Enterprises has a beta of 2.62, suggesting that its stock price is 162% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hovnanian Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than Beazer Homes USA. Beazer Homes USA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hovnanian Enterprises, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Beazer Homes USA received 99 more outperform votes than Hovnanian Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.29% of users gave Beazer Homes USA an outperform vote while only 54.56% of users gave Hovnanian Enterprises an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Hovnanian Enterprises had 2 more articles in the media than Beazer Homes USA. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Hovnanian Enterprises and 1 mentions for Beazer Homes USA. Beazer Homes USA's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Hovnanian Enterprises' score of 0.58 indicating that Beazer Homes USA is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Beazer Homes USA has a net margin of 7.48% compared to Hovnanian Enterprises' net margin of 7.45%. Hovnanian Enterprises' return on equity of 58.22% beat Beazer Homes USA's return on equity.
Beazer Homes USA currently has a consensus price target of $35.67, indicating a potential upside of 23.97%. Given Beazer Homes USA's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Beazer Homes USA is more favorable than Hovnanian Enterprises.
85.7% of Beazer Homes USA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.4% of Hovnanian Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.0% of Beazer Homes USA shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of Hovnanian Enterprises shares are owned by company 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.
Summary
Beazer Homes USA and Hovnanian Enterprises tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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