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Beazer Homes USA (BZH) Competitors

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$21.83 -0.53 (-2.37%)
As of 05/20/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

BZH vs. HOV, DHI, LEN, NVR, PHM, TOL, MTH, CVCO, KBH, 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), Cavco Industries (CVCO), KB Home (KBH), and M/I Homes (MHO). These companies are all part of the "homebuilding" industry.

Beazer Homes USA vs.

Hovnanian Enterprises (NYSE:HOV) and Beazer Homes USA (NYSE:BZH) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.

In the previous week, Hovnanian Enterprises had 3 more articles in the media than Beazer Homes USA. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Hovnanian Enterprises and 7 mentions for Beazer Homes USA. Beazer Homes USA's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Hovnanian Enterprises' score of 0.43 indicating that Beazer Homes USA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hovnanian Enterprises
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Beazer Homes USA
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Hovnanian Enterprises presently has a consensus target price of $155.00, suggesting a potential upside of 60.51%. Beazer Homes USA has a consensus target price of $37.00, suggesting a potential upside of 69.72%. Given Beazer Homes USA's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Beazer Homes USA is more favorable than Hovnanian Enterprises.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hovnanian Enterprises
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50
Beazer Homes USA
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hovnanian Enterprises8.05% 43.47% 9.83%
Beazer Homes USA 5.04%10.12%4.72%

65.4% of Hovnanian Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.7% of Beazer Homes USA shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.8% of Hovnanian Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of Beazer Homes USA shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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 53.85% of users gave Hovnanian Enterprises an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Hovnanian EnterprisesOutperform Votes
266
53.85%
Underperform Votes
228
46.15%
Beazer Homes USAOutperform Votes
369
58.20%
Underperform Votes
265
41.80%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hovnanian Enterprises$3.08B0.19$242.01M$32.782.95
Beazer Homes USA$2.44B0.27$140.18M$3.097.06

Hovnanian Enterprises has a beta of 2.28, meaning that its stock price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beazer Homes USA has a beta of 2.2, meaning that its stock price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Hovnanian Enterprises and Beazer Homes USA tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BZH vs. The Competition

MetricBeazer Homes USAOperative builders IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$660.61M$6.47B$8.83B$19.68B
Dividend YieldN/A1.58%2.05%3.84%
P/E Ratio5.556.7616.9335.11
Price / Sales0.270.7471.6434.02
Price / Cash4.917.6421.3017.51
Price / Book0.551.404.664.77
Net Income$140.18M$854.81M$557.33M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-6.68%-8.29%-0.96%0.96%
1 Month Performance17.41%9.99%10.43%11.17%
1 Year Performance-25.98%-23.14%86.90%5.38%

Beazer Homes USA Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BZH
Beazer Homes USA
4.8722 of 5 stars
$21.83
-2.4%
$37.00
+69.5%
-25.9%$661.51M$2.44B5.551,130Positive News
HOV
Hovnanian Enterprises
2.8301 of 5 stars
$107.79
+6.2%
$155.00
+43.8%
-44.0%$638.66M$3.08B3.361,870News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
DHI
D.R. Horton
4.9176 of 5 stars
$126.04
+3.3%
$151.15
+19.9%
-18.2%$38.72B$35.32B8.9113,200Positive News
LEN
Lennar
4.9328 of 5 stars
$112.40
+3.5%
$150.07
+33.5%
-33.2%$29.65B$35.76B7.8412,000Trending News
Gap Up
NVR
NVR
4.1842 of 5 stars
$7,392.92
+3.4%
$9,023.33
+22.1%
-6.2%$21.62B$10.61B14.576,550Positive News
PHM
PulteGroup
4.9713 of 5 stars
$106.53
+4.0%
$134.69
+26.4%
-15.1%$21.35B$17.89B7.246,520Positive News
TOL
Toll Brothers
4.9758 of 5 stars
$108.40
+4.7%
$144.79
+33.6%
-20.5%$10.83B$10.76B7.465,200Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
MTH
Meritage Homes
4.3332 of 5 stars
$70.79
+3.8%
$97.72
+38.0%
-27.2%$4.90B$6.29B5.411,920
CVCO
Cavco Industries
1.6677 of 5 stars
$537.62
+2.6%
$522.50
-2.8%
+38.7%$4.36B$1.93B26.466,300Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
KBH
KB Home
4.963 of 5 stars
$56.13
+4.0%
$71.04
+26.6%
-27.4%$4.03B$6.85B6.632,370
MHO
M/I Homes
3.7678 of 5 stars
$113.56
+3.9%
$162.50
+43.1%
-16.2%$3.04B$4.43B5.761,660Positive News

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