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D.R. Horton (DHI) Competitors

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$129.02 +0.33 (+0.26%)
Closing price 06/30/2025 03:58 PM Eastern
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DHI vs. LEN, NVR, PHM, TOL, MTH, KBH, CVCO, MHO, TPH, and BZH

Should you be buying D.R. Horton stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of D.R. Horton include Lennar (LEN), NVR (NVR), PulteGroup (PHM), Toll Brothers (TOL), Meritage Homes (MTH), KB Home (KBH), Cavco Industries (CVCO), M/I Homes (MHO), Tri Pointe Homes (TPH), and Beazer Homes USA (BZH). These companies are all part of the "homebuilding" industry.

D.R. Horton vs. Its Competitors

Lennar (NYSE:LEN) and D.R. Horton (NYSE:DHI) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment and valuation.

Lennar has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, D.R. Horton has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

D.R. Horton has a net margin of 12.15% compared to Lennar's net margin of 9.20%. D.R. Horton's return on equity of 16.95% beat Lennar's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lennar9.20% 12.73% 8.57%
D.R. Horton 12.15%16.95%12.09%

Lennar currently has a consensus target price of $128.85, indicating a potential upside of 16.31%. D.R. Horton has a consensus target price of $151.15, indicating a potential upside of 17.16%. Given D.R. Horton's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe D.R. Horton is more favorable than Lennar.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lennar
0 Sell rating(s)
15 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.22
D.R. Horton
2 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

In the previous week, D.R. Horton had 12 more articles in the media than Lennar. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for D.R. Horton and 15 mentions for Lennar. D.R. Horton's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Lennar's score of 0.75 indicating that D.R. Horton is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lennar
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
D.R. Horton
22 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Lennar pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. D.R. Horton pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Lennar pays out 16.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. D.R. Horton pays out 12.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Lennar has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and D.R. Horton has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years.

D.R. Horton has higher revenue and earnings than Lennar. Lennar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than D.R. Horton, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lennar$35.44B0.82$3.93B$12.099.16
D.R. Horton$36.80B1.08$4.76B$13.219.77

81.1% of Lennar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.6% of D.R. Horton shares are held by institutional investors. 10.0% of Lennar shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of D.R. Horton shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

D.R. Horton beats Lennar on 17 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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DHI vs. The Competition

MetricD.R. HortonBLDG IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$39.53B$9.19B$9.21B$20.29B
Dividend Yield1.24%2.63%2.04%3.76%
P/E Ratio9.776.3216.2327.49
Price / Sales1.080.87117.1638.28
Price / Cash8.666.9814.8917.85
Price / Book1.631.344.634.54
Net Income$4.76B$1.21B$619.52M$985.09M
7 Day Performance-0.48%-1.42%-0.16%0.88%
1 Month Performance9.39%5.00%4.15%4.04%
1 Year Performance-5.85%-7.98%103.09%13.29%

D.R. Horton Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DHI
D.R. Horton
4.966 of 5 stars
$129.02
+0.3%
$151.15
+17.2%
-8.5%$39.53B$36.80B9.7714,766Positive News
LEN
Lennar
4.7409 of 5 stars
$110.77
+4.1%
$132.50
+19.6%
-26.1%$29.22B$35.37B9.1613,265
NVR
NVR
3.9358 of 5 stars
$7,342.42
+2.6%
$9,023.33
+22.9%
-2.5%$21.44B$10.29B15.117,000Analyst Downgrade
PHM
PulteGroup
4.9919 of 5 stars
$104.98
+3.5%
$134.69
+28.3%
-4.1%$21.04B$17.89B7.406,793Positive News
TOL
Toll Brothers
4.8174 of 5 stars
$112.77
+4.1%
$141.08
+25.1%
-0.7%$11.07B$10.85B8.374,900
MTH
Meritage Homes
4.5857 of 5 stars
$66.99
+4.8%
$97.72
+45.9%
-17.2%$4.81B$6.40B5.481,898Positive News
KBH
KB Home
4.7937 of 5 stars
$53.42
+3.2%
$71.05
+33.0%
-24.4%$3.83B$6.93B6.512,384Analyst Downgrade
High Trading Volume
CVCO
Cavco Industries
2.3801 of 5 stars
$409.73
+3.1%
$522.50
+27.5%
+25.5%$3.31B$2.02B19.747,000High Trading Volume
MHO
M/I Homes
3.6873 of 5 stars
$110.54
+3.9%
$162.50
+47.0%
-8.2%$2.96B$4.50B5.851,760
TPH
Tri Pointe Homes
3.8831 of 5 stars
$31.67
+3.7%
$41.60
+31.4%
-14.2%$2.87B$4.42B7.041,750
BZH
Beazer Homes USA
4.7735 of 5 stars
$22.34
+3.3%
$37.00
+65.6%
-18.5%$676.90M$2.33B7.231,158Analyst Forecast

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