PHM vs. NVR, TOL, MTH, DHI, TMHC, WY, ROL, WSO, LII, and WSO.B Should you be buying PulteGroup stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PulteGroup include NVR (NVR), Toll Brothers (TOL), Meritage Homes (MTH), D.R. Horton (DHI), Taylor Morrison Home (TMHC), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Rollins (ROL), Watsco (WSO), Lennox International (LII), and Watsco (WSO.B). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
NVR (NYSE:NVR ) and PulteGroup (NYSE:PHM ) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
83.7% of NVR shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of PulteGroup shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.0% of NVR shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of PulteGroup shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
PulteGroup received 394 more outperform votes than NVR when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.80% of users gave PulteGroup an outperform vote while only 52.09% of users gave NVR an outperform vote.
NVR has a net margin of 17.33% compared to NVR's net margin of 16.63%. PulteGroup's return on equity of 38.54% beat NVR's return on equity.
PulteGroup has higher revenue and earnings than NVR. PulteGroup is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NVR, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, NVR had 1 more articles in the media than PulteGroup. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for NVR and 16 mentions for PulteGroup. NVR's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat PulteGroup's score of 1.05 indicating that PulteGroup is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NVR has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PulteGroup has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NVR currently has a consensus target price of $7,225.00, suggesting a potential downside of 5.79%. PulteGroup has a consensus target price of $111.87, suggesting a potential downside of 6.05%. Given PulteGroup's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe NVR is more favorable than PulteGroup.
Summary NVR and PulteGroup tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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