MDC vs. IBP, URBN, RRR, SGHC, WYNN, LEN-B, UHGWW, LANV, LIVE, and SSU
Should you be buying M.D.C. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of M.D.C. include Installed Building Products (IBP), Urban Outfitters (URBN), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), Super Group (SGHC), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Lennar (LEN-B), United Homes Group (UHGWW), Lanvin Group (LANV), Live Ventures (LIVE), and SIGNA Sports United (SSU). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Installed Building Products (NYSE:IBP) and M.D.C. (NYSE:MDC) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Installed Building Products has a beta of 1.89, indicating that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, M.D.C. has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
M.D.C. has higher revenue and earnings than Installed Building Products. M.D.C. 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.
Installed Building Products received 44 more outperform votes than M.D.C. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.84% of users gave Installed Building Products an outperform vote while only 53.14% of users gave M.D.C. an outperform vote.
Installed Building Products pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. M.D.C. pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Installed Building Products pays out 16.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. M.D.C. pays out 41.7% 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. M.D.C. has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. M.D.C. is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, M.D.C. had 6 more articles in the media than Installed Building Products. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for M.D.C. and 3 mentions for Installed Building Products. M.D.C.'s average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Installed Building Products' score of 0.41 indicating that Installed Building Products is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Installed Building Products has a net margin of 8.77% compared to Installed Building Products' net margin of 8.64%. M.D.C.'s return on equity of 47.18% beat Installed Building Products' return on equity.
Installed Building Products presently has a consensus price target of $208.40, suggesting a potential downside of 11.35%. M.D.C. has a consensus price target of $52.13, suggesting a potential downside of 17.24%. Given M.D.C.'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Installed Building Products is more favorable than M.D.C..
99.6% of Installed Building Products shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.1% of M.D.C. shares are held by institutional investors. 16.5% of Installed Building Products shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.3% of M.D.C. shares are held by company 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.
Summary
Installed Building Products beats M.D.C. on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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