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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

PulteGroup (NYSE:PHM) and Dream Finders Homes (NASDAQ:DFH) are both construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and institutional ownership.

PulteGroup has a net margin of 14.93% 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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
PulteGroup14.93% 19.58% 13.91%
Dream Finders Homes 7.65%30.18%10.63%

89.9% of PulteGroup shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of Dream Finders Homes shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of PulteGroup shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 68.2% of Dream Finders Homes shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

PulteGroup has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dream Finders Homes has a beta of 1.87, meaning that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
PulteGroup$17.62B1.33$3.08B$12.999.28
Dream Finders Homes$4.71B0.46$295.90M$3.097.54

In the previous week, PulteGroup had 50 more articles in the media than Dream Finders Homes. MarketBeat recorded 54 mentions for PulteGroup and 4 mentions for Dream Finders Homes. Dream Finders Homes' average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat PulteGroup's score of 0.55 indicating that Dream Finders Homes is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
PulteGroup
19 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Dream Finders Homes
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

PulteGroup presently has a consensus price target of $133.67, indicating a potential upside of 10.83%. Dream Finders Homes has a consensus price target of $26.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.56%. Given Dream Finders Homes' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Dream Finders Homes is more favorable than PulteGroup.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
PulteGroup
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Dream Finders Homes
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Summary

PulteGroup beats Dream Finders Homes on 11 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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PHM vs. The Competition

MetricPulteGroupBLDG IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$23.56B$10.04B$9.63B$21.99B
Dividend Yield0.73%2.31%1.76%3.57%
P/E Ratio9.287.9116.6333.34
Price / Sales1.330.9598.2293.03
Price / Cash8.507.5415.5224.54
Price / Book1.831.464.754.66
Net Income$3.08B$1.21B$618.81M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-2.96%-0.83%1.04%2.22%
1 Month Performance-6.28%-4.36%0.36%2.07%
1 Year Performance-8.96%-16.56%110.58%14.05%

PulteGroup Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PHM
PulteGroup
4.8211 of 5 stars
$120.60
-0.2%
$133.67
+10.8%
-11.2%$23.56B$17.62B9.286,793Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
DFH
Dream Finders Homes
2.1564 of 5 stars
$23.35
-0.4%
$26.00
+11.3%
-28.4%$2.17B$4.71B7.631,210
DHI
D.R. Horton
4.4147 of 5 stars
$152.32
+0.5%
$156.54
+2.8%
-13.4%$45.41B$36.80B12.2214,766Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
KBH
KB Home
3.7375 of 5 stars
$57.92
+0.4%
$64.36
+11.1%
-19.9%$3.75B$6.93B7.672,384
LEN
Lennar
4.2366 of 5 stars
$117.94
-0.7%
$121.75
+3.2%
-27.4%$30.08B$34.77B11.6513,265
MTH
Meritage Homes
4.7035 of 5 stars
$66.72
+0.3%
$84.86
+27.2%
-23.0%$4.75B$6.22B6.001,898Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
NVR
NVR
3.8229 of 5 stars
$7,571.13
+1.6%
$8,250.00
+9.0%
-21.4%$21.73B$10.60B15.987,000Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
OC
Owens Corning
4.7891 of 5 stars
$125.16
-1.0%
$178.31
+42.5%
-30.3%$10.47B$11.74B32.5125,000Positive News
TMHC
Taylor Morrison Home
4.4625 of 5 stars
$60.59
-1.2%
$77.13
+27.3%
-11.8%$6.08B$8.40B7.003,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
TOL
Toll Brothers
4.6302 of 5 stars
$127.51
+0.2%
$149.43
+17.2%
-8.4%$12.29B$10.88B9.374,900Analyst Forecast
URI
United Rentals
4.6003 of 5 stars
$974.44
+2.6%
$956.13
-1.9%
+10.8%$62.70B$15.75B25.2027,900Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast

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