CRH vs. DHI, LEN, OTIS, PWR, SHW, HWM, NVR, WY, PHM, and ROL
Should you be buying CRH stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CRH include D.R. Horton (DHI), Lennar (LEN), Otis Worldwide (OTIS), Quanta Services (PWR), Sherwin-Williams (SHW), Howmet Aerospace (HWM), NVR (NVR), Weyerhaeuser (WY), PulteGroup (PHM), and Rollins (ROL). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
D.R. Horton (NYSE:DHI) and CRH (NYSE:CRH) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.
D.R. Horton has a net margin of 13.39% compared to D.R. Horton's net margin of 0.00%. CRH's return on equity of 21.32% beat D.R. Horton's return on equity.
D.R. Horton presently has a consensus target price of $158.06, indicating a potential upside of 10.44%. CRH has a consensus target price of $79.31, indicating a potential upside of 2.21%. Given CRH's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe D.R. Horton is more favorable than CRH.
In the previous week, D.R. Horton had 79 more articles in the media than CRH. MarketBeat recorded 87 mentions for D.R. Horton and 8 mentions for CRH. D.R. Horton's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat CRH's score of 0.31 indicating that CRH is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
D.R. Horton has higher revenue and earnings than CRH.
D.R. Horton received 168 more outperform votes than CRH when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.00% of users gave D.R. Horton an outperform vote while only 56.07% of users gave CRH an outperform vote.
D.R. Horton has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CRH has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
D.R. Horton pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. CRH pays an annual dividend of $1.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. D.R. Horton pays out 8.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. D.R. Horton has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years.
90.6% of D.R. Horton shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.5% of CRH shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of D.R. Horton 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
D.R. Horton beats CRH on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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