WY vs. PHM, NVR, ROL, HWM, WSO.B, LII, WSO, EME, MAS, and JHX
Should you be buying Weyerhaeuser stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Weyerhaeuser include PulteGroup (PHM), NVR (NVR), Rollins (ROL), Howmet Aerospace (HWM), Watsco (WSO.B), Lennox International (LII), Watsco (WSO), EMCOR Group (EME), Masco (MAS), and James Hardie Industries (JHX). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Weyerhaeuser (NYSE:WY) and PulteGroup (NYSE:PHM) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.
In the previous week, PulteGroup had 31 more articles in the media than Weyerhaeuser. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for PulteGroup and 8 mentions for Weyerhaeuser. PulteGroup's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Weyerhaeuser's score of 0.38 indicating that PulteGroup is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PulteGroup has higher revenue and earnings than Weyerhaeuser. PulteGroup is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Weyerhaeuser, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Weyerhaeuser pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. PulteGroup pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Weyerhaeuser pays out 69.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PulteGroup pays out 6.8% 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.
Weyerhaeuser has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PulteGroup has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.
83.0% of Weyerhaeuser shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of PulteGroup shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Weyerhaeuser shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of PulteGroup shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
PulteGroup received 102 more outperform votes than Weyerhaeuser when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.75% of users gave Weyerhaeuser an outperform vote while only 60.82% of users gave PulteGroup an outperform vote.
PulteGroup has a net margin of 16.20% compared to Weyerhaeuser's net margin of 10.93%. PulteGroup's return on equity of 25.97% beat Weyerhaeuser's return on equity.
Weyerhaeuser currently has a consensus price target of $38.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.48%. PulteGroup has a consensus price target of $110.73, indicating a potential downside of 1.36%. Given Weyerhaeuser's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Weyerhaeuser is more favorable than PulteGroup.
Summary
PulteGroup beats Weyerhaeuser on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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