BLD vs. LEN.B, J, APG, ROAD, TMHC, IESC, IBP, ECG, GRBK, and BBU
Should you be buying TopBuild stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TopBuild include Lennar (LEN.B), Jacobs Solutions (J), APi Group (APG), Construction Partners (ROAD), Taylor Morrison Home (TMHC), IES (IESC), Installed Building Products (IBP), Everus (ECG), Green Brick Partners (GRBK), and Brookfield Business Partners (BBU). These companies are all part of the "construction" industry.
TopBuild vs.
Lennar (NYSE:LEN.B) and TopBuild (NYSE:BLD) are both construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Lennar has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TopBuild has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
TopBuild has a net margin of 11.66% compared to Lennar's net margin of 11.10%. TopBuild's return on equity of 26.40% beat Lennar's return on equity.
TopBuild has a consensus price target of $380.22, indicating a potential upside of 22.63%. Given TopBuild's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TopBuild is more favorable than Lennar.
Lennar has higher revenue and earnings than TopBuild. Lennar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TopBuild, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
3.3% of Lennar shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.7% of TopBuild shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.0% of Lennar shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of TopBuild shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, TopBuild had 6 more articles in the media than Lennar. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for TopBuild and 0 mentions for Lennar. TopBuild's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Lennar's score of 0.00 indicating that TopBuild is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TopBuild received 381 more outperform votes than Lennar when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.62% of users gave TopBuild an outperform vote while only 56.49% of users gave Lennar an outperform vote.
Summary
TopBuild beats Lennar on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BLD) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
