M/I Homes (MHO) Competitors

Toll Brothers (NYSE:TOL) and M/I Homes (NYSE:MHO) are both construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.

Is TOL or MHO more profitable?

Toll Brothers has a net margin of 14.03% compared to M/I Homes' net margin of 12.51%. M/I Homes' return on equity of 20.20% beat Toll Brothers' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Toll Brothers	14.03%	18.32%	10.34%
M/I Homes	12.51%	20.20%	12.84%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of TOL or MHO?

91.8% of Toll Brothers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.1% of M/I Homes shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Toll Brothers shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of M/I Homes shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, TOL or MHO?

Toll Brothers has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, M/I Homes has a beta of 1.99, indicating that its stock price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, TOL or MHO?

Toll Brothers has higher revenue and earnings than M/I Homes. M/I Homes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Toll Brothers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Toll Brothers	$10.76B	0.94	$1.57B	$14.53	6.96
M/I Homes	$4.43B	0.65	$563.72M	$18.91	5.67

Does the media favor TOL or MHO?

In the previous week, Toll Brothers had 6 more articles in the media than M/I Homes. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Toll Brothers and 25 mentions for M/I Homes. Toll Brothers' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat M/I Homes' score of 0.73 indicating that Toll Brothers is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Toll Brothers	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	17 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
M/I Homes	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TOL or MHO?

Toll Brothers received 413 more outperform votes than M/I Homes when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.35% of users gave M/I Homes an outperform vote while only 56.71% of users gave Toll Brothers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Toll Brothers	Outperform Votes 655 56.71%	Underperform Votes 500 43.29%
M/I Homes	Outperform Votes 242 60.35%	Underperform Votes 159 39.65%

Do analysts prefer TOL or MHO?

Toll Brothers presently has a consensus price target of $144.79, indicating a potential upside of 43.10%. M/I Homes has a consensus price target of $162.50, indicating a potential upside of 51.44%. Given M/I Homes' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe M/I Homes is more favorable than Toll Brothers.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Toll Brothers	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
M/I Homes	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.67

Summary

M/I Homes beats Toll Brothers on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.