HOV vs. BZH, MHO, TPH, CCS, DFH, TPC, NX, VSEC, BXC, and AGX
Should you be buying Hovnanian Enterprises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hovnanian Enterprises include Beazer Homes USA (BZH), M/I Homes (MHO), Tri Pointe Homes (TPH), Century Communities (CCS), Dream Finders Homes (DFH), Tutor Perini (TPC), Quanex Building Products (NX), VSE (VSEC), BlueLinx (BXC), and Argan (AGX). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Beazer Homes USA (NYSE:BZH) and Hovnanian Enterprises (NYSE:HOV) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, profitability, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Beazer Homes USA has a net margin of 7.48% compared to Beazer Homes USA's net margin of 7.45%. Beazer Homes USA's return on equity of 58.22% beat Hovnanian Enterprises' return on equity.
Beazer Homes USA has a beta of 2.25, indicating that its stock price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hovnanian Enterprises has a beta of 2.62, indicating that its stock price is 162% more volatile than the S&P 500.
85.7% of Beazer Homes USA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.4% of Hovnanian Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.0% of Beazer Homes USA shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of Hovnanian Enterprises shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Beazer Homes USA received 99 more outperform votes than Hovnanian Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.29% of users gave Beazer Homes USA an outperform vote while only 54.56% of users gave Hovnanian Enterprises an outperform vote.
Hovnanian Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than Beazer Homes USA. Beazer Homes USA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hovnanian Enterprises, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Hovnanian Enterprises had 1 more articles in the media than Beazer Homes USA. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Hovnanian Enterprises and 2 mentions for Beazer Homes USA. Hovnanian Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Beazer Homes USA's score of 0.58 indicating that Beazer Homes USA is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Beazer Homes USA presently has a consensus target price of $35.67, indicating a potential upside of 23.97%. Given Hovnanian Enterprises' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Beazer Homes USA is more favorable than Hovnanian Enterprises.
Summary
Beazer Homes USA and Hovnanian Enterprises tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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