NVR vs. PHM, TOL, DHI, HWM, WY, LII, WSO.B, WSO, MAS, and VMC
Should you be buying NVR stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NVR include PulteGroup (PHM), Toll Brothers (TOL), D.R. Horton (DHI), Howmet Aerospace (HWM), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Lennox International (LII), Watsco (WSO.B), Watsco (WSO), Masco (MAS), and Vulcan Materials (VMC). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
PulteGroup (NYSE:PHM) and NVR (NYSE:NVR) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
NVR has a net margin of 17.33% compared to NVR's net margin of 16.63%. PulteGroup's return on equity of 38.54% beat NVR's return on equity.
PulteGroup currently has a consensus price target of $111.73, indicating a potential downside of 1.82%. NVR has a consensus price target of $7,225.00, indicating a potential downside of 5.52%. Given NVR's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe PulteGroup is more favorable than NVR.
PulteGroup has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its stock price is 56% 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.
In the previous week, PulteGroup had 23 more articles in the media than NVR. MarketBeat recorded 64 mentions for PulteGroup and 41 mentions for NVR. NVR's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat PulteGroup's score of 0.57 indicating that PulteGroup is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
89.9% of PulteGroup shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of NVR shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of PulteGroup shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of NVR shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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