Beazer Homes USA (BZH) Competitors

Beazer Homes USA (NYSE:BZH) and Tri Pointe Homes (NYSE:TPH) are both construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.

Do analysts recommend BZH or TPH?

Beazer Homes USA currently has a consensus target price of $39.67, suggesting a potential upside of 19.12%. Tri Pointe Homes has a consensus target price of $45.75, suggesting a potential upside of 9.48%. Given Beazer Homes USA's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Beazer Homes USA is more favorable than Tri Pointe Homes.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Beazer Homes USA	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Tri Pointe Homes	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, BZH or TPH?

Tri Pointe Homes has higher revenue and earnings than Beazer Homes USA. Beazer Homes USA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tri Pointe Homes, 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
Beazer Homes USA	$2.33B	0.44	$158.61M	$4.53	7.35
Tri Pointe Homes	$3.67B	1.07	$343.70M	$4.82	8.67

Does the media refer more to BZH or TPH?

In the previous week, Beazer Homes USA had 21 more articles in the media than Tri Pointe Homes. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Beazer Homes USA and 7 mentions for Tri Pointe Homes. Tri Pointe Homes' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Beazer Homes USA's score of 0.73 indicating that Tri Pointe Homes is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Beazer Homes USA	8 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Tri Pointe Homes	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BZH or TPH more profitable?

Tri Pointe Homes has a net margin of 10.41% compared to Beazer Homes USA's net margin of 6.02%. Tri Pointe Homes' return on equity of 14.83% beat Beazer Homes USA's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Beazer Homes USA	6.02%	11.95%	5.56%
Tri Pointe Homes	10.41%	14.83%	9.59%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BZH or TPH?

Tri Pointe Homes received 5 more outperform votes than Beazer Homes USA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.55% of users gave Tri Pointe Homes an outperform vote while only 57.94% of users gave Beazer Homes USA an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Beazer Homes USA	Outperform Votes 365 57.94%	Underperform Votes 265 42.06%
Tri Pointe Homes	Outperform Votes 370 66.55%	Underperform Votes 186 33.45%

Which has more risk & volatility, BZH or TPH?

Beazer Homes USA has a beta of 2.18, indicating that its stock price is 118% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tri Pointe Homes has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BZH or TPH?

85.7% of Beazer Homes USA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of Tri Pointe Homes shares are held by institutional investors. 7.0% of Beazer Homes USA shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Tri Pointe Homes shares are held by 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.

Summary

Tri Pointe Homes beats Beazer Homes USA on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.