DHI vs. NVR, PHM, LEN, CRH, OTIS, PWR, HWM, WY, ROL, and SHW
Should you be buying D.R. Horton stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of D.R. Horton include NVR (NVR), PulteGroup (PHM), Lennar (LEN), CRH (CRH), Otis Worldwide (OTIS), Quanta Services (PWR), Howmet Aerospace (HWM), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Rollins (ROL), and Sherwin-Williams (SHW). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
NVR (NYSE:NVR) and D.R. Horton (NYSE:DHI) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, profitability and dividends.
In the previous week, D.R. Horton had 46 more articles in the media than NVR. MarketBeat recorded 62 mentions for D.R. Horton and 16 mentions for NVR. NVR's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat D.R. Horton's score of 0.41 indicating that D.R. Horton is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
83.7% of NVR shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.6% of D.R. Horton shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.0% of NVR shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of D.R. Horton shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
NVR has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, D.R. Horton has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NVR has a net margin of 17.09% compared to NVR's net margin of 13.18%. D.R. Horton's return on equity of 38.50% beat NVR's return on equity.
D.R. Horton has higher revenue and earnings than NVR. D.R. Horton is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NVR, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NVR currently has a consensus price target of $6,750.00, suggesting a potential downside of 12.55%. D.R. Horton has a consensus price target of $154.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.54%. Given NVR's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe D.R. Horton is more favorable than NVR.
D.R. Horton received 375 more outperform votes than NVR when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.00% of users gave D.R. Horton an outperform vote while only 52.10% of users gave NVR an outperform vote.
Summary
D.R. Horton beats NVR on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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