Toll Brothers (TOL) Competitors

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

Is TOL or DHI a better dividend stock?

Toll Brothers pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. D.R. Horton pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Toll Brothers pays out 6.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. D.R. Horton pays out 11.3% 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 better valuation and earnings, TOL or DHI?

D.R. Horton has higher revenue and earnings than Toll Brothers. Toll Brothers 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
Toll Brothers	$10.76B	0.87	$1.57B	$14.53	6.48
D.R. Horton	$36.69B	1.04	$4.76B	$14.15	8.54

Is TOL or DHI more profitable?

Toll Brothers has a net margin of 14.03% compared to D.R. Horton's net margin of 12.69%. D.R. Horton's return on equity of 18.48% beat Toll Brothers' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Toll Brothers	14.03%	18.32%	10.34%
D.R. Horton	12.69%	18.48%	13.23%

Do analysts prefer TOL or DHI?

Toll Brothers presently has a consensus target price of $144.79, suggesting a potential upside of 53.85%. D.R. Horton has a consensus target price of $168.07, suggesting a potential upside of 39.02%. Given Toll Brothers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Toll Brothers is more favorable than D.R. Horton.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Toll Brothers	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
D.R. Horton	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Which has more volatility & risk, TOL or DHI?

Toll Brothers has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, D.R. Horton has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of TOL or DHI?

91.8% of Toll Brothers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.6% of D.R. Horton shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Toll Brothers shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of D.R. Horton shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to TOL or DHI?

In the previous week, Toll Brothers had 6 more articles in the media than D.R. Horton. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Toll Brothers and 33 mentions for D.R. Horton. D.R. Horton's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Toll Brothers' score of 0.81 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
Toll Brothers	17 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	16 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
D.R. Horton	21 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TOL or DHI?

D.R. Horton received 9 more outperform votes than Toll Brothers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.71% of users gave D.R. Horton an outperform vote while only 56.76% of users gave Toll Brothers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Toll Brothers	Outperform Votes 655 56.76%	Underperform Votes 499 43.24%
D.R. Horton	Outperform Votes 664 59.71%	Underperform Votes 448 40.29%

Summary

D.R. Horton beats Toll Brothers on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.