Toll Brothers (TOL) Competitors

Toll Brothers (NYSE:TOL) and D.R. Horton (NYSE:DHI) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, earnings and risk.

Do analysts prefer TOL or DHI?

Toll Brothers presently has a consensus price target of $141.08, indicating a potential upside of 27.61%. D.R. Horton has a consensus price target of $151.15, indicating a potential upside of 19.77%. Given Toll Brothers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Toll Brothers is more favorable than D.R. Horton.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Toll Brothers	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
D.R. Horton	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Is TOL or DHI more profitable?

Toll Brothers has a net margin of 14.03% compared to D.R. Horton's net margin of 12.69%. D.R. Horton's return on equity of 18.48% beat Toll Brothers' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Toll Brothers	14.03%	18.32%	10.34%
D.R. Horton	12.69%	18.48%	13.23%

Which has more risk & volatility, TOL or DHI?

Toll Brothers has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, D.R. Horton has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer TOL or DHI?

In the previous week, Toll Brothers and Toll Brothers both had 24 articles in the media. D.R. Horton's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Toll Brothers' score of 0.64 indicating that D.R. Horton is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Toll Brothers	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
D.R. Horton	13 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is TOL or DHI a better dividend stock?

Toll Brothers pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. D.R. Horton pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Toll Brothers pays out 7.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. D.R. Horton pays out 12.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Toll Brothers has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and D.R. Horton has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years. D.R. Horton is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TOL or DHI?

D.R. Horton received 3 more outperform votes than Toll Brothers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.34% of users gave D.R. Horton an outperform vote while only 56.85% of users gave Toll Brothers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Toll Brothers	Outperform Votes 664 56.85%	Underperform Votes 504 43.15%
D.R. Horton	Outperform Votes 667 59.34%	Underperform Votes 457 40.66%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of TOL or DHI?

91.8% of Toll Brothers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.6% of D.R. Horton shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Toll Brothers shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of D.R. Horton shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, TOL or DHI?

D.R. Horton has higher revenue and earnings than Toll Brothers. Toll Brothers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than D.R. Horton, 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
Toll Brothers	$10.66B	1.02	$1.57B	$13.48	8.20
D.R. Horton	$35.32B	1.10	$4.76B	$13.21	9.55

Summary

D.R. Horton beats Toll Brothers on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.