United Homes Group (UHG) Competitors

United Homes Group (NASDAQ:UHG) and Smith Douglas Homes (NYSE:SDHC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Is UHG or SDHC more profitable?

Smith Douglas Homes has a net margin of 1.43% compared to United Homes Group's net margin of 1.16%. United Homes Group's return on equity of 6.91% beat Smith Douglas Homes' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
United Homes Group	1.16%	6.91%	1.61%
Smith Douglas Homes	1.43%	1.74%	1.38%

Which has more risk and volatility, UHG or SDHC?

United Homes Group has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Smith Douglas Homes has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend UHG or SDHC?

Smith Douglas Homes has a consensus target price of $17.90, suggesting a potential upside of 1.68%. Given Smith Douglas Homes' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Smith Douglas Homes is more favorable than United Homes Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
United Homes Group	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00
Smith Douglas Homes	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67

Which has better earnings and valuation, UHG or SDHC?

United Homes Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Smith Douglas Homes. Smith Douglas Homes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United Homes Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
United Homes Group	$463.71M	0.52	$46.91M	$0.06	68.83
Smith Douglas Homes	$975.46M	0.93	$16.07M	$1.59	11.07

Does the media refer more to UHG or SDHC?

In the previous week, United Homes Group had 1 more articles in the media than Smith Douglas Homes. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for United Homes Group and 1 mentions for Smith Douglas Homes. United Homes Group's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Smith Douglas Homes' score of 0.78 indicating that United Homes Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
United Homes Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Smith Douglas Homes	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of UHG or SDHC?

88.9% of United Homes Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 72.3% of United Homes Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 82.7% of Smith Douglas Homes shares are owned by company 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.

Summary

United Homes Group beats Smith Douglas Homes on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.