Smith Douglas Homes (SDHC) Competitors

Smith Douglas Homes (NYSE:SDHC) and Green Brick Partners (NASDAQ:GRBK) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation and community ranking.

Do analysts rate SDHC or GRBK?

Smith Douglas Homes currently has a consensus target price of $18.90, indicating a potential upside of 13.60%. Green Brick Partners has a consensus target price of $74.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.65%. Given Green Brick Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Green Brick Partners is more favorable than Smith Douglas Homes.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Smith Douglas Homes	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80
Green Brick Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SDHC or GRBK?

Green Brick Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Smith Douglas Homes. Green Brick Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Smith Douglas Homes, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Smith Douglas Homes	$1.01B	0.85	$123.18M	$1.73	9.62
Green Brick Partners	$2.15B	1.21	$284.63M	$8.28	7.17

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in SDHC or GRBK?

78.2% of Green Brick Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 82.7% of Smith Douglas Homes shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 29.7% of Green Brick Partners shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SDHC or GRBK more profitable?

Green Brick Partners has a net margin of 17.70% compared to Smith Douglas Homes' net margin of 4.60%. Green Brick Partners' return on equity of 25.35% beat Smith Douglas Homes' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Smith Douglas Homes	4.60%	21.01%	16.10%
Green Brick Partners	17.70%	25.35%	17.29%

Does the media refer more to SDHC or GRBK?

In the previous week, Smith Douglas Homes had 7 more articles in the media than Green Brick Partners. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Smith Douglas Homes and 9 mentions for Green Brick Partners. Green Brick Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat Smith Douglas Homes' score of 0.33 indicating that Green Brick Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Smith Douglas Homes	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Green Brick Partners	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, SDHC or GRBK?

Smith Douglas Homes has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Green Brick Partners has a beta of 1.94, meaning that its share price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SDHC or GRBK?

Green Brick Partners received 227 more outperform votes than Smith Douglas Homes when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.58% of users gave Green Brick Partners an outperform vote while only 3.70% of users gave Smith Douglas Homes an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Smith Douglas Homes	Outperform Votes 1 3.70%	Underperform Votes 26 96.30%
Green Brick Partners	Outperform Votes 228 57.58%	Underperform Votes 168 42.42%

Summary

Green Brick Partners beats Smith Douglas Homes on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.