Meritage Homes (MTH) Competitors

Meritage Homes (NYSE:MTH) and Beazer Homes USA (NYSE:BZH) are both construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and risk.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in MTH or BZH?

98.4% of Meritage Homes shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.7% of Beazer Homes USA shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Meritage Homes shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of Beazer Homes USA shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, MTH or BZH?

Meritage Homes has higher revenue and earnings than Beazer Homes USA. Meritage Homes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Beazer Homes USA, 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
Meritage Homes	$6.40B	0.86	$786.19M	$11.12	6.93
Beazer Homes USA	$2.33B	0.33	$140.18M	$2.20	11.72

Does the media refer more to MTH or BZH?

In the previous week, Meritage Homes had 19 more articles in the media than Beazer Homes USA. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Meritage Homes and 1 mentions for Beazer Homes USA. Meritage Homes' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Beazer Homes USA's score of 0.98 indicating that Meritage Homes is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Meritage Homes	16 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Beazer Homes USA	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, MTH or BZH?

Meritage Homes has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beazer Homes USA has a beta of 2.09, suggesting that its share price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend MTH or BZH?

Meritage Homes currently has a consensus price target of $87.71, indicating a potential upside of 13.87%. Beazer Homes USA has a consensus price target of $31.33, indicating a potential upside of 21.49%. Given Beazer Homes USA's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Beazer Homes USA is more favorable than Meritage Homes.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Meritage Homes	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Beazer Homes USA	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Is MTH or BZH more profitable?

Meritage Homes has a net margin of 10.27% compared to Beazer Homes USA's net margin of 2.84%. Meritage Homes' return on equity of 12.37% beat Beazer Homes USA's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Meritage Homes	10.27%	12.37%	8.59%
Beazer Homes USA	2.84%	6.16%	2.86%

Summary

Meritage Homes beats Beazer Homes USA on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.