PHM vs. DFH, DHI, KBH, LEN, MTH, NVR, OC, TMHC, TOL, and URI
Should you be buying PulteGroup stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PulteGroup include Dream Finders Homes (DFH), D.R. Horton (DHI), KB Home (KBH), Lennar (LEN), Meritage Homes (MTH), NVR (NVR), Owens Corning (OC), Taylor Morrison Home (TMHC), Toll Brothers (TOL), and United Rentals (URI). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
PulteGroup vs. Its Competitors
Dream Finders Homes (NASDAQ:DFH) and PulteGroup (NYSE:PHM) are both construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings and valuation.
In the previous week, PulteGroup had 12 more articles in the media than Dream Finders Homes. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for PulteGroup and 7 mentions for Dream Finders Homes. PulteGroup's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Dream Finders Homes' score of 0.58 indicating that PulteGroup is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Dream Finders Homes has a beta of 1.87, meaning that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PulteGroup has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dream Finders Homes presently has a consensus target price of $28.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.03%. PulteGroup has a consensus target price of $136.46, indicating a potential upside of 5.37%. Given Dream Finders Homes' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Dream Finders Homes is more favorable than PulteGroup.
PulteGroup has higher revenue and earnings than Dream Finders Homes. Dream Finders Homes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PulteGroup, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PulteGroup has a net margin of 15.50% compared to Dream Finders Homes' net margin of 7.65%. Dream Finders Homes' return on equity of 30.18% beat PulteGroup's return on equity.
95.6% of Dream Finders Homes shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of PulteGroup shares are owned by institutional investors. 68.2% of Dream Finders Homes shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of PulteGroup shares are owned 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.
Summary
PulteGroup beats Dream Finders Homes on 12 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
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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This page (NYSE:PHM) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
