(LRE) (LRE) Competitors

D.R. Horton (NYSE:DHI) and (LRE) (NYSE:LRE) are both construction companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends and community ranking.

Do analysts rate DHI or LRE?

D.R. Horton presently has a consensus target price of $151.15, indicating a potential upside of 21.73%. Given D.R. Horton's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe D.R. Horton is more favorable than (LRE).

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
D.R. Horton	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
(LRE)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of DHI or LRE?

90.6% of D.R. Horton shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of D.R. Horton shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, DHI or LRE?

D.R. Horton has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, (LRE) has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DHI or LRE?

D.R. Horton received 552 more outperform votes than (LRE) when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.34% of users gave D.R. Horton an outperform vote while only 58.38% of users gave (LRE) an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
D.R. Horton	Outperform Votes 667 59.34%	Underperform Votes 457 40.66%
(LRE)	Outperform Votes 115 58.38%	Underperform Votes 82 41.62%

Is DHI or LRE more profitable?

D.R. Horton has a net margin of 12.15% compared to (LRE)'s net margin of 0.00%. D.R. Horton's return on equity of 16.95% beat (LRE)'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
D.R. Horton	12.15%	16.95%	12.09%
(LRE)	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is DHI or LRE a better dividend stock?

D.R. Horton pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. (LRE) pays an annual dividend of $0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. D.R. Horton pays out 12.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. D.R. Horton has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years.

Does the media prefer DHI or LRE?

In the previous week, D.R. Horton had 12 more articles in the media than (LRE). MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for D.R. Horton and 1 mentions for (LRE). D.R. Horton's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat (LRE)'s score of 0.00 indicating that D.R. Horton is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
D.R. Horton	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
(LRE)	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, DHI or LRE?

D.R. Horton has higher revenue and earnings than (LRE).

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
D.R. Horton	$36.80B	1.04	$4.76B	$13.21	9.40
(LRE)	$126.97M	0.19	$4.20M	N/A	N/A

Summary

D.R. Horton beats (LRE) on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.