PHM vs. NVR, TOL, MTH, DHI, TMHC, WY, ROL, WSO, LII, and WSO.B
Should you be buying PulteGroup stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PulteGroup include NVR (NVR), Toll Brothers (TOL), Meritage Homes (MTH), D.R. Horton (DHI), Taylor Morrison Home (TMHC), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Rollins (ROL), Watsco (WSO), Lennox International (LII), and Watsco (WSO.B). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
NVR (NYSE:NVR) and PulteGroup (NYSE:PHM) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.
PulteGroup has higher revenue and earnings than NVR. PulteGroup is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NVR, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PulteGroup received 394 more outperform votes than NVR when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.80% of users gave PulteGroup an outperform vote while only 52.09% of users gave NVR an outperform vote.
83.7% of NVR shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of PulteGroup shares are held by institutional investors. 7.0% of NVR shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of PulteGroup shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
NVR has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PulteGroup has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, NVR had 1 more articles in the media than PulteGroup. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for NVR and 19 mentions for PulteGroup. PulteGroup's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat NVR's score of 0.97 indicating that NVR is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NVR has a net margin of 17.33% compared to NVR's net margin of 16.63%. PulteGroup's return on equity of 38.54% beat NVR's return on equity.
NVR currently has a consensus target price of $7,225.00, suggesting a potential downside of 5.79%. PulteGroup has a consensus target price of $111.87, suggesting a potential downside of 6.05%. Given PulteGroup's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe NVR is more favorable than PulteGroup.
Summary
NVR beats PulteGroup on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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