DHI vs. NVR, PHM, TOL, URI, LEN, CRH, OTIS, MLM, VMC, and HWM
Should you be buying D.R. Horton stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of D.R. Horton include NVR (NVR), PulteGroup (PHM), Toll Brothers (TOL), United Rentals (URI), Lennar (LEN), CRH (CRH), Otis Worldwide (OTIS), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), Vulcan Materials (VMC), and Howmet Aerospace (HWM). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
D.R. Horton (NYSE:DHI) and NVR (NYSE:NVR) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, valuation and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, NVR had 1 more articles in the media than D.R. Horton. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for NVR and 15 mentions for D.R. Horton. D.R. Horton's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat NVR's score of 0.32 indicating that D.R. Horton is being referred to more favorably in the media.
D.R. Horton has higher revenue and earnings than NVR. D.R. Horton is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NVR, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
90.6% of D.R. Horton shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of NVR shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of D.R. Horton shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of NVR shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
D.R. Horton received 377 more outperform votes than NVR when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.00% of users gave D.R. Horton an outperform vote while only 52.09% of users gave NVR an outperform vote.
D.R. Horton currently has a consensus target price of $158.06, suggesting a potential upside of 6.45%. NVR has a consensus target price of $7,225.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.77%. Given D.R. Horton's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe D.R. Horton is more favorable than NVR.
D.R. Horton has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NVR has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NVR has a net margin of 17.33% compared to D.R. Horton's net margin of 13.39%. NVR's return on equity of 38.54% beat D.R. Horton's return on equity.
Summary
D.R. Horton beats NVR on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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