DHI vs. PHM, NVR, TOL, URI, LEN, CRH, PWR, OTIS, MLM, and VMC
Should you be buying D.R. Horton stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of D.R. Horton include PulteGroup (PHM), NVR (NVR), Toll Brothers (TOL), United Rentals (URI), Lennar (LEN), CRH (CRH), Quanta Services (PWR), Otis Worldwide (OTIS), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), and Vulcan Materials (VMC). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
D.R. Horton (NYSE:DHI) and PulteGroup (NYSE:PHM) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.
D.R. Horton has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PulteGroup has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, PulteGroup had 1 more articles in the media than D.R. Horton. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for PulteGroup and 20 mentions for D.R. Horton. PulteGroup's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat D.R. Horton's score of 0.84 indicating that PulteGroup is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
90.6% of D.R. Horton shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of PulteGroup shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of D.R. Horton shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of PulteGroup shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
D.R. Horton pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. PulteGroup pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. D.R. Horton pays out 8.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PulteGroup pays out 6.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
PulteGroup has a net margin of 16.63% compared to D.R. Horton's net margin of 13.39%. PulteGroup's return on equity of 25.81% beat D.R. Horton's return on equity.
PulteGroup received 16 more outperform votes than D.R. Horton when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.85% of users gave PulteGroup an outperform vote while only 60.04% of users gave D.R. Horton an outperform vote.
D.R. Horton currently has a consensus target price of $158.41, suggesting a potential upside of 6.22%. PulteGroup has a consensus target price of $111.73, suggesting a potential downside of 4.55%. Given D.R. Horton's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe D.R. Horton is more favorable than PulteGroup.
D.R. Horton has higher revenue and earnings than PulteGroup. PulteGroup is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than D.R. Horton, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
D.R. Horton and PulteGroup tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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