HOV vs. BZH, MHO, TPH, CCS, DFH, TPC, LOMA, BXC, AGX, and NX
Should you be buying Hovnanian Enterprises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hovnanian Enterprises include Beazer Homes USA (BZH), M/I Homes (MHO), Tri Pointe Homes (TPH), Century Communities (CCS), Dream Finders Homes (DFH), Tutor Perini (TPC), Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima (LOMA), BlueLinx (BXC), Argan (AGX), and Quanex Building Products (NX). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Hovnanian Enterprises (NYSE:HOV) and Beazer Homes USA (NYSE:BZH) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.
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.
Beazer Homes USA has a consensus price target of $35.67, indicating a potential upside of 25.45%. Given Beazer Homes USA's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Beazer Homes USA is more favorable than Hovnanian Enterprises.
In the previous week, Beazer Homes USA had 12 more articles in the media than Hovnanian Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Beazer Homes USA and 5 mentions for Hovnanian Enterprises. Hovnanian Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Beazer Homes USA's score of 0.16 indicating that Hovnanian Enterprises 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.
Hovnanian Enterprises has a beta of 2.62, suggesting that its share price is 162% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beazer Homes USA has a beta of 2.25, suggesting that its share price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500.
65.4% of Hovnanian Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.7% of Beazer Homes USA shares are held by institutional investors. 17.7% of Hovnanian Enterprises shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of Beazer Homes USA shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Summary
Hovnanian Enterprises and Beazer Homes USA tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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