TOL vs. DHI, LEN, PHM, NVR, MTH, KBH, TPH, MHO, CVCO, and HOV
Should you be buying Toll Brothers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Toll Brothers include D.R. Horton (DHI), Lennar (LEN), PulteGroup (PHM), NVR (NVR), Meritage Homes (MTH), KB Home (KBH), Tri Pointe Homes (TPH), M/I Homes (MHO), Cavco Industries (CVCO), and Hovnanian Enterprises (HOV). These companies are all part of the "homebuilding" industry.
Toll Brothers (NYSE:TOL) and D.R. Horton (NYSE:DHI) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
D.R. Horton received 13 more outperform votes than Toll Brothers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.06% of users gave D.R. Horton an outperform vote while only 57.29% of users gave Toll Brothers an outperform vote.
D.R. Horton has higher revenue and earnings than Toll Brothers. Toll Brothers 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.
91.8% of Toll Brothers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.6% of D.R. Horton shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Toll Brothers shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of D.R. Horton shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Toll Brothers has a net margin of 15.07% compared to D.R. Horton's net margin of 13.39%. D.R. Horton's return on equity of 21.32% beat Toll Brothers' return on equity.
Toll Brothers currently has a consensus price target of $124.75, indicating a potential upside of 6.51%. D.R. Horton has a consensus price target of $158.31, indicating a potential upside of 12.92%. Given D.R. Horton's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe D.R. Horton is more favorable than Toll Brothers.
Toll Brothers pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. D.R. Horton pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Toll Brothers pays out 6.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. D.R. Horton pays out 8.2% 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.
Toll Brothers has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, D.R. Horton has a beta of 1.68, meaning that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Toll Brothers had 21 more articles in the media than D.R. Horton. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Toll Brothers and 6 mentions for D.R. Horton. D.R. Horton's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Toll Brothers' score of 0.66 indicating that D.R. Horton is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
D.R. Horton beats Toll Brothers on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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