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 business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
PulteGroup has higher revenue and earnings than Dream Finders Homes. PulteGroup is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dream Finders Homes, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
95.6% of Dream Finders Homes shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of PulteGroup shares are held by institutional investors. 68.2% of Dream Finders Homes shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of PulteGroup shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Dream Finders Homes has a beta of 1.9, indicating that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PulteGroup has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PulteGroup has a net margin of 16.45% 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.
Dream Finders Homes presently has a consensus price target of $29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.71%. PulteGroup has a consensus price target of $134.69, suggesting a potential upside of 24.55%. Given PulteGroup's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PulteGroup is more favorable than Dream Finders Homes.
In the previous week, PulteGroup had 9 more articles in the media than Dream Finders Homes. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for PulteGroup and 4 mentions for Dream Finders Homes. PulteGroup's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Dream Finders Homes' score of 0.74 indicating that PulteGroup is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
PulteGroup beats Dream Finders Homes on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:PHM) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
