IBP vs. BLD, BLDR, CCS, KBH, LEN, MHO, MTH, PHM, TMHC, and TOL
Should you be buying Installed Building Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Installed Building Products include TopBuild (BLD), Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Century Communities (CCS), KB Home (KBH), Lennar (LEN), M/I Homes (MHO), Meritage Homes (MTH), PulteGroup (PHM), Taylor Morrison Home (TMHC), and Toll Brothers (TOL).
Installed Building Products vs. Its Competitors
TopBuild (NYSE:BLD) and Installed Building Products (NYSE:IBP) are both construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.
TopBuild has a net margin of 11.40% compared to Installed Building Products' net margin of 8.45%. Installed Building Products' return on equity of 60.27% beat TopBuild's return on equity.
TopBuild has higher revenue and earnings than Installed Building Products. TopBuild is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Installed Building Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
95.7% of TopBuild shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.6% of Installed Building Products shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of TopBuild shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.2% of Installed Building Products shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, TopBuild had 2 more articles in the media than Installed Building Products. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for TopBuild and 5 mentions for Installed Building Products. TopBuild's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Installed Building Products' score of 0.82 indicating that TopBuild is being referred to more favorably in the media.
TopBuild currently has a consensus price target of $395.17, indicating a potential downside of 0.29%. Installed Building Products has a consensus price target of $220.45, indicating a potential downside of 6.02%. Given TopBuild's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe TopBuild is more favorable than Installed Building Products.
TopBuild has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Installed Building Products has a beta of 1.83, indicating that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
TopBuild beats Installed Building Products on 10 of the 17 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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This page (NYSE:IBP) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
