DHI vs. NVR, PHM, OTIS, LEN, CRH, URI, PWR, VMC, WY, and MLM
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), Otis Worldwide (OTIS), Lennar (LEN), CRH (CRH), United Rentals (URI), Quanta Services (PWR), Vulcan Materials (VMC), Weyerhaeuser (WY), and Martin Marietta Materials (MLM). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
D.R. Horton vs.
NVR (NYSE:NVR) and D.R. Horton (NYSE:DHI) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
D.R. Horton received 363 more outperform votes than NVR when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.78% of users gave D.R. Horton an outperform vote while only 52.67% of users gave NVR an outperform vote.
83.0% of NVR shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.9% of D.R. Horton shares are held by institutional investors. 10.6% of NVR shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of D.R. Horton shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
NVR presently has a consensus target price of $4,956.00, indicating a potential downside of 8.68%. D.R. Horton has a consensus target price of $98.27, indicating a potential upside of 2.25%. Given D.R. Horton's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe D.R. Horton is more favorable than NVR.
D.R. Horton has a net margin of 16.85% compared to NVR's net margin of 16.71%. NVR's return on equity of 56.08% beat D.R. Horton's return on equity.
In the previous week, D.R. Horton had 13 more articles in the media than NVR. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for D.R. Horton and 3 mentions for NVR. NVR's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat D.R. Horton's score of 0.26 indicating that NVR is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NVR has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, D.R. Horton has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
D.R. Horton beats NVR on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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