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MTH vs. BZH, KBH, LEN, MHO, NVR, PHM, TMHC, TOL, TPH, and CVCO

Should you be buying Meritage Homes stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Meritage Homes include Beazer Homes USA (BZH), KB Home (KBH), Lennar (LEN), M/I Homes (MHO), NVR (NVR), PulteGroup (PHM), Taylor Morrison Home (TMHC), Toll Brothers (TOL), Tri Pointe Homes (TPH), and Cavco Industries (CVCO). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.

Meritage Homes vs. Its Competitors

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

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Meritage Homes$6.40B0.80$786.19M$11.126.44
Beazer Homes USA$2.33B0.31$140.18M$2.2010.89

In the previous week, Meritage Homes had 3 more articles in the media than Beazer Homes USA. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Meritage Homes and 3 mentions for Beazer Homes USA. Meritage Homes' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Beazer Homes USA's score of 1.09 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
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Beazer Homes USA
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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 Homes10.27% 12.37% 8.59%
Beazer Homes USA 2.84%6.16%2.86%

Meritage Homes currently has a consensus price target of $84.86, suggesting a potential upside of 18.55%. Beazer Homes USA has a consensus price target of $31.33, suggesting a potential upside of 30.82%. Given Beazer Homes USA's higher probable 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)
8 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.42
Beazer Homes USA
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

Meritage Homes has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beazer Homes USA has a beta of 2.17, suggesting that its share price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Meritage Homes beats Beazer Homes USA on 13 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

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MTH vs. The Competition

MetricMeritage HomesBLDG IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.03B$9.99B$9.46B$21.89B
Dividend Yield2.43%2.34%1.76%3.59%
P/E Ratio6.447.9016.1732.78
Price / Sales0.804.5996.2460.00
Price / Cash6.307.4815.3124.20
Price / Book1.011.484.614.65
Net Income$786.19M$1.21B$618.81M$1.01B
7 Day Performance2.17%-0.36%0.31%1.77%
1 Month Performance-2.00%-5.08%-1.31%0.75%
1 Year Performance-22.79%-16.27%106.97%12.77%

Meritage Homes Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MTH
Meritage Homes
4.6726 of 5 stars
$71.58
+1.3%
$84.86
+18.5%
-21.9%$5.03B$6.40B6.441,898Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
BZH
Beazer Homes USA
4.8448 of 5 stars
$23.27
+1.4%
$31.33
+34.7%
-23.0%$681.91M$2.33B10.581,158Positive News
KBH
KB Home
3.819 of 5 stars
$61.92
+0.0%
$64.36
+3.9%
-18.6%$4.01B$6.93B8.202,384
LEN
Lennar
4.2273 of 5 stars
$125.87
+0.0%
$121.75
-3.3%
-26.1%$32.09B$35.44B12.4413,265
MHO
M/I Homes
3.9911 of 5 stars
$139.34
+1.2%
$162.50
+16.6%
-16.5%$3.69B$4.50B7.651,760Trending News
Earnings Report
NVR
NVR
3.465 of 5 stars
$7,687.36
+0.6%
$8,250.00
+7.3%
-18.3%$21.92B$10.29B16.227,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
PHM
PulteGroup
4.8765 of 5 stars
$123.39
-0.9%
$136.92
+11.0%
-9.2%$24.55B$17.95B9.226,793Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
TMHC
Taylor Morrison Home
4.4477 of 5 stars
$62.12
+0.5%
$77.13
+24.2%
-9.1%$6.20B$8.17B7.173,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
TOL
Toll Brothers
4.6352 of 5 stars
$135.75
+0.0%
$149.43
+10.1%
-6.9%$13.08B$10.85B9.974,900
TPH
Tri Pointe Homes
3.0511 of 5 stars
$32.57
+1.9%
$39.25
+20.5%
-21.2%$2.90B$4.42B8.291,750Trending News
Earnings Report
Gap Up
CVCO
Cavco Industries
2.2637 of 5 stars
$571.16
+3.0%
$522.50
-8.5%
+44.1%$4.39B$2.02B24.767,000News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings

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