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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

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

In the previous week, Beazer Homes USA had 1 more articles in the media than Meritage Homes. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Beazer Homes USA and 9 mentions for Meritage Homes. Beazer Homes USA's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Meritage Homes' score of 0.85 indicating that Beazer Homes USA is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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
Beazer Homes USA$2.33B0.30$140.18M$3.097.49
Meritage Homes$6.40B0.78$786.19M$12.235.68

Beazer Homes USA presently has a consensus price target of $32.33, suggesting a potential upside of 39.73%. Meritage Homes has a consensus price target of $97.72, suggesting a potential upside of 40.59%. Given Meritage Homes' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Meritage Homes is more favorable than Beazer Homes USA.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Beazer Homes USA
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
Meritage Homes
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

85.7% of Beazer Homes USA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.4% of Meritage Homes shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.5% of Beazer Homes USA shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Meritage Homes shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Meritage Homes has a net margin of 11.50% compared to Beazer Homes USA's net margin of 3.91%. Meritage Homes' return on equity of 14.28% beat Beazer Homes USA's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Beazer Homes USA3.91% 7.81% 3.65%
Meritage Homes 11.50%14.28%10.01%

Beazer Homes USA has a beta of 2.09, indicating that its share price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Meritage Homes has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Meritage Homes beats Beazer Homes USA on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MTH vs. The Competition

MetricMeritage HomesBLDG IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.93B$8.86B$9.19B$20.45B
Dividend Yield2.51%2.69%2.03%3.72%
P/E Ratio5.686.4816.4127.80
Price / Sales0.784.20114.3449.81
Price / Cash6.127.0915.0518.22
Price / Book0.981.374.594.58
Net Income$786.19M$1.21B$620.21M$982.91M
7 Day Performance-2.00%-0.78%0.34%1.31%
1 Month Performance8.73%4.94%2.95%4.85%
1 Year Performance-9.78%-6.04%103.68%14.09%

Meritage Homes Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MTH
Meritage Homes
4.493 of 5 stars
$69.51
+1.3%
$97.72
+40.6%
-9.9%$4.93B$6.40B5.681,898
BZH
Beazer Homes USA
4.9348 of 5 stars
$22.40
-0.9%
$32.33
+44.3%
-11.8%$678.72M$2.33B7.251,158Positive News
KBH
KB Home
4.7952 of 5 stars
$53.04
+0.6%
$66.14
+24.7%
-19.9%$3.80B$6.93B7.032,384
LEN
Lennar
4.8444 of 5 stars
$110.78
+0.5%
$128.85
+16.3%
-23.4%$29.22B$35.44B9.1612,000
MHO
M/I Homes
3.8833 of 5 stars
$112.12
-0.5%
$162.50
+44.9%
-3.5%$3.00B$4.50B5.931,760News Coverage
NVR
NVR
3.7588 of 5 stars
$7,398.00
+0.3%
$9,023.33
+22.0%
+2.1%$21.63B$10.61B15.226,550
PHM
PulteGroup
4.8919 of 5 stars
$105.63
+0.1%
$134.69
+27.5%
+4.0%$21.17B$17.95B7.456,520Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TMHC
Taylor Morrison Home
3.1106 of 5 stars
$61.51
+0.4%
$76.88
+25.0%
+16.8%$6.17B$8.36B7.153,000Positive News
TOL
Toll Brothers
4.8006 of 5 stars
$114.34
+0.0%
$141.46
+23.7%
+6.5%$11.23B$10.66B8.484,900Analyst Forecast
TPH
Tri Pointe Homes
4.0315 of 5 stars
$31.96
flat
$41.60
+30.2%
-10.0%$2.90B$4.42B7.101,750
CVCO
Cavco Industries
2.4524 of 5 stars
$434.43
+0.9%
$522.50
+20.3%
+33.2%$3.51B$2.02B20.936,300Analyst Downgrade
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