NVR vs. PHM, TOL, MTH, DHI, TMHC, ROL, WY, WSO, EME, and WSO.B
Should you be buying NVR stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NVR include PulteGroup (PHM), Toll Brothers (TOL), Meritage Homes (MTH), D.R. Horton (DHI), Taylor Morrison Home (TMHC), Rollins (ROL), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Watsco (WSO), EMCOR Group (EME), and Watsco (WSO.B). 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 investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and community ranking.
83.7% of NVR shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of PulteGroup shares are held by institutional investors. 7.0% of NVR shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of PulteGroup shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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 currently has a consensus target price of $7,225.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.32%. PulteGroup has a consensus target price of $111.73, suggesting a potential downside of 3.76%. Given PulteGroup's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe PulteGroup is more favorable than NVR.
NVR has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PulteGroup has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, NVR had 1 more articles in the media than PulteGroup. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for NVR and 24 mentions for PulteGroup. PulteGroup's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat NVR's score of 0.69 indicating that PulteGroup is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NVR has a net margin of 17.33% compared to PulteGroup's net margin of 16.63%. NVR's return on equity of 38.54% beat PulteGroup'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.
Summary
PulteGroup beats NVR on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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