BZH vs. HOV, DHI, LEN, NVR, PHM, TOL, MTH, KBH, CVCO, and MHO
Should you be buying Beazer Homes USA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Beazer Homes USA include Hovnanian Enterprises (HOV), D.R. Horton (DHI), Lennar (LEN), NVR (NVR), PulteGroup (PHM), Toll Brothers (TOL), Meritage Homes (MTH), KB Home (KBH), Cavco Industries (CVCO), and M/I Homes (MHO). These companies are all part of the "homebuilding" industry.
Beazer Homes USA vs. Its Competitors
Beazer Homes USA (NYSE:BZH) and Hovnanian Enterprises (NYSE:HOV) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and community ranking.
Beazer Homes USA presently has a consensus price target of $37.00, suggesting a potential upside of 65.92%. Hovnanian Enterprises has a consensus price target of $120.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.75%. Given Beazer Homes USA's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Beazer Homes USA is more favorable than Hovnanian Enterprises.
Hovnanian Enterprises has a net margin of 8.05% compared to Beazer Homes USA's net margin of 5.04%. Hovnanian Enterprises' return on equity of 43.47% beat Beazer Homes USA's return on equity.
Beazer Homes USA received 103 more outperform votes than Hovnanian Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.20% of users gave Beazer Homes USA an outperform vote while only 53.52% of users gave Hovnanian Enterprises an outperform vote.
85.7% of Beazer Homes USA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.4% of Hovnanian Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 6.5% of Beazer Homes USA shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.8% of Hovnanian Enterprises shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Hovnanian Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than Beazer Homes USA. Hovnanian Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Beazer Homes USA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Hovnanian Enterprises had 7 more articles in the media than Beazer Homes USA. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Hovnanian Enterprises and 1 mentions for Beazer Homes USA. Beazer Homes USA's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Hovnanian Enterprises' score of 1.11 indicating that Beazer Homes USA is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Beazer Homes USA has a beta of 2.1, indicating that its stock price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hovnanian Enterprises has a beta of 2.15, indicating that its stock price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Beazer Homes USA and Hovnanian Enterprises tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:BZH) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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