(LRE) (LRE) Competitors

(LRE) (NYSE:LRE) and D.R. Horton (NYSE:DHI) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings, dividends and valuation.

Which has more volatility and risk, LRE or DHI?

(LRE) has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, D.R. Horton has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LRE or DHI?

D.R. Horton received 545 more outperform votes than (LRE) when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.62% of users gave D.R. Horton an outperform vote while only 58.38% of users gave (LRE) an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
(LRE)	Outperform Votes 115 58.38%	Underperform Votes 82 41.62%
D.R. Horton	Outperform Votes 660 59.62%	Underperform Votes 447 40.38%

Do analysts recommend LRE or DHI?

D.R. Horton has a consensus price target of $170.20, indicating a potential upside of 18.21%. Given D.R. Horton's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe D.R. Horton is more favorable than (LRE).

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
(LRE)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
D.R. Horton	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.27

Is LRE or DHI a better dividend stock?

(LRE) pays an annual dividend of $0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. D.R. Horton pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. D.R. Horton pays out 11.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, LRE or DHI?

D.R. Horton has higher revenue and earnings than (LRE).

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
(LRE)	$126.97M	0.18	$4.20M	N/A	N/A
D.R. Horton	$36.80B	1.26	$4.76B	$14.15	10.18

Is LRE or DHI more profitable?

D.R. Horton has a net margin of 12.69% compared to (LRE)'s net margin of 0.00%. D.R. Horton's return on equity of 18.48% beat (LRE)'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
(LRE)	N/A	N/A	N/A
D.R. Horton	12.69%	18.48%	13.23%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in LRE or DHI?

90.6% of D.R. Horton shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of D.R. Horton shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor LRE or DHI?

In the previous week, D.R. Horton had 55 more articles in the media than (LRE). MarketBeat recorded 57 mentions for D.R. Horton and 2 mentions for (LRE). D.R. Horton's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat (LRE)'s score of 0.00 indicating that D.R. Horton is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
(LRE)	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
D.R. Horton	13 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	17 Neutral mention(s)	8 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

D.R. Horton beats (LRE) on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.