WY vs. PHM, NVR, HWM, LII, WSO.B, WSO, MAS, EME, JHX, and OC
Should you be buying Weyerhaeuser stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Weyerhaeuser include PulteGroup (PHM), NVR (NVR), Howmet Aerospace (HWM), Lennox International (LII), Watsco (WSO.B), Watsco (WSO), Masco (MAS), EMCOR Group (EME), James Hardie Industries (JHX), and Owens Corning (OC). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
PulteGroup (NYSE:PHM) and Weyerhaeuser (NYSE:WY) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.
PulteGroup has higher revenue and earnings than Weyerhaeuser. PulteGroup is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Weyerhaeuser, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, PulteGroup had 34 more articles in the media than Weyerhaeuser. MarketBeat recorded 65 mentions for PulteGroup and 31 mentions for Weyerhaeuser. Weyerhaeuser's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat PulteGroup's score of 0.48 indicating that PulteGroup is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PulteGroup pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Weyerhaeuser pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. PulteGroup pays out 6.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Weyerhaeuser pays out 72.7% 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. PulteGroup has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years and Weyerhaeuser has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
PulteGroup has a net margin of 16.63% compared to PulteGroup's net margin of 10.57%. Weyerhaeuser's return on equity of 25.81% beat PulteGroup's return on equity.
PulteGroup received 103 more outperform votes than Weyerhaeuser when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.75% of users gave Weyerhaeuser an outperform vote while only 60.85% of users gave PulteGroup an outperform vote.
89.9% of PulteGroup shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of Weyerhaeuser shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of PulteGroup shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Weyerhaeuser shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
PulteGroup has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Weyerhaeuser has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PulteGroup currently has a consensus target price of $111.73, indicating a potential downside of 1.82%. Weyerhaeuser has a consensus target price of $38.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.38%. Given PulteGroup's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Weyerhaeuser is more favorable than PulteGroup.
Summary
PulteGroup beats Weyerhaeuser on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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