DHI vs. LEN, NVR, PHM, TOL, MTH, KBH, CVCO, MHO, TPH, and BZH
Should you be buying D.R. Horton stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of D.R. Horton include Lennar (LEN), NVR (NVR), PulteGroup (PHM), Toll Brothers (TOL), Meritage Homes (MTH), KB Home (KBH), Cavco Industries (CVCO), M/I Homes (MHO), Tri Pointe Homes (TPH), and Beazer Homes USA (BZH). These companies are all part of the "homebuilding" industry.
D.R. Horton vs.
Lennar (NYSE:LEN) and D.R. Horton (NYSE:DHI) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.
Lennar pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. D.R. Horton pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Lennar pays out 13.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. D.R. Horton pays out 11.1% 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.
81.1% of Lennar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.6% of D.R. Horton shares are held by institutional investors. 9.4% of Lennar shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of D.R. Horton shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Lennar has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, D.R. Horton has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lennar received 226 more outperform votes than D.R. Horton when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.99% of users gave Lennar an outperform vote while only 59.80% of users gave D.R. Horton an outperform vote.
D.R. Horton has a net margin of 12.93% compared to Lennar's net margin of 11.10%. D.R. Horton's return on equity of 19.24% beat Lennar's return on equity.
Lennar presently has a consensus target price of $171.50, indicating a potential upside of 21.16%. D.R. Horton has a consensus target price of $176.20, indicating a potential upside of 19.19%. Given Lennar's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Lennar is more favorable than D.R. Horton.
In the previous week, D.R. Horton had 5 more articles in the media than Lennar. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for D.R. Horton and 28 mentions for Lennar. D.R. Horton's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Lennar's score of 0.31 indicating that D.R. Horton is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
D.R. Horton beats Lennar on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:DHI) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
