Green Brick Partners (GRBK) Competitors

TopBuild (NYSE:BLD) and Green Brick Partners (NASDAQ:GRBK) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and profitability.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BLD or GRBK?

95.7% of TopBuild shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.2% of Green Brick Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of TopBuild shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.5% of Green Brick Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, BLD or GRBK?

TopBuild has a beta of 1.89, meaning that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Green Brick Partners has a beta of 1.89, meaning that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor BLD or GRBK?

In the previous week, TopBuild had 9 more articles in the media than Green Brick Partners. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for TopBuild and 7 mentions for Green Brick Partners. Green Brick Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat TopBuild's score of 1.54 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
TopBuild	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Green Brick Partners	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BLD or GRBK?

TopBuild received 237 more outperform votes than Green Brick Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.58% of users gave TopBuild an outperform vote while only 57.58% of users gave Green Brick Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TopBuild	Outperform Votes 465 68.58%	Underperform Votes 213 31.42%
Green Brick Partners	Outperform Votes 228 57.58%	Underperform Votes 168 42.42%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BLD or GRBK?

TopBuild has higher revenue and earnings than Green Brick Partners. Green Brick Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TopBuild, 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
TopBuild	$5.33B	1.70	$614.25M	$20.33	15.25
Green Brick Partners	$2.10B	1.26	$284.63M	$8.43	7.06

Is BLD or GRBK more profitable?

Green Brick Partners has a net margin of 17.70% compared to TopBuild's net margin of 11.66%. TopBuild's return on equity of 26.40% beat Green Brick Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TopBuild	11.66%	26.40%	12.85%
Green Brick Partners	17.70%	25.35%	17.29%

Do analysts prefer BLD or GRBK?

TopBuild currently has a consensus target price of $403.88, suggesting a potential upside of 30.25%. Green Brick Partners has a consensus target price of $74.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.26%. Given TopBuild's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe TopBuild is more favorable than Green Brick Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TopBuild	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63
Green Brick Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Summary

TopBuild beats Green Brick Partners on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.