NVR vs. PHM, TOL, DHI, TMHC, WY, ROL, HWM, JHX, LII, and MAS
Should you be buying NVR stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NVR include PulteGroup (PHM), Toll Brothers (TOL), D.R. Horton (DHI), Taylor Morrison Home (TMHC), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Rollins (ROL), Howmet Aerospace (HWM), James Hardie Industries (JHX), Lennox International (LII), and Masco (MAS). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
PulteGroup (NYSE:PHM) and NVR (NYSE:NVR) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and profitability.
NVR has a net margin of 17.09% compared to NVR's net margin of 16.20%. PulteGroup's return on equity of 38.50% beat NVR's return on equity.
PulteGroup has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NVR has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PulteGroup has higher revenue and earnings than NVR. PulteGroup is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NVR, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PulteGroup received 389 more outperform votes than NVR when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.75% of users gave PulteGroup an outperform vote while only 52.10% of users gave NVR an outperform vote.
PulteGroup presently has a consensus target price of $102.31, indicating a potential downside of 7.14%. NVR has a consensus target price of $6,750.00, indicating a potential downside of 11.54%. Given NVR's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe PulteGroup is more favorable than NVR.
89.8% of PulteGroup shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.5% of NVR shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of PulteGroup shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of NVR shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, NVR had 9 more articles in the media than PulteGroup. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for NVR and 13 mentions for PulteGroup. NVR's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat PulteGroup's score of 0.57 indicating that PulteGroup is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
PulteGroup beats NVR on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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