D.R. Horton (DHI) Competitors

D.R. Horton (NYSE:DHI) and Lennar (NYSE:LEN) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and dividends.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in DHI or LEN?

90.6% of D.R. Horton shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.1% of Lennar shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of D.R. Horton shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.0% of Lennar shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is DHI or LEN more profitable?

D.R. Horton has a net margin of 12.69% compared to Lennar's net margin of 11.10%. D.R. Horton's return on equity of 18.48% beat Lennar's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
D.R. Horton	12.69%	18.48%	13.23%
Lennar	11.10%	13.93%	9.60%

Which has more volatility and risk, DHI or LEN?

D.R. Horton has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lennar has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DHI or LEN?

Lennar received 226 more outperform votes than D.R. Horton when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.69% of users gave Lennar an outperform vote while only 59.73% of users gave D.R. Horton an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
D.R. Horton	Outperform Votes 663 59.73%	Underperform Votes 447 40.27%
Lennar	Outperform Votes 889 66.69%	Underperform Votes 444 33.31%

Do analysts recommend DHI or LEN?

D.R. Horton currently has a consensus target price of $170.93, suggesting a potential upside of 32.74%. Lennar has a consensus target price of $164.53, suggesting a potential upside of 42.96%. Given Lennar's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lennar is more favorable than D.R. Horton.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
D.R. Horton	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38
Lennar	0 Sell rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.37

Is DHI or LEN a better dividend stock?

D.R. Horton pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Lennar pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. D.R. Horton pays out 11.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lennar pays out 13.9% 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.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, DHI or LEN?

D.R. Horton has higher revenue and earnings than Lennar. Lennar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than D.R. Horton, 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
D.R. Horton	$36.69B	1.11	$4.76B	$14.15	9.10
Lennar	$35.44B	0.86	$3.93B	$14.34	8.03

Does the media prefer DHI or LEN?

In the previous week, Lennar had 44 more articles in the media than D.R. Horton. MarketBeat recorded 68 mentions for Lennar and 24 mentions for D.R. Horton. D.R. Horton's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Lennar's score of 0.53 indicating that D.R. Horton is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
D.R. Horton	19 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lennar	22 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	17 Neutral mention(s)	11 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

D.R. Horton beats Lennar on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.