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D.R. Horton (DHI) Competitors

$147.80
+2.31 (+1.59%)
(As of 05/31/2024 ET)

DHI vs. LEN, PHM, NVR, TOL, MTH, KBH, TPH, MHO, CVCO, 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), PulteGroup (PHM), NVR (NVR), Toll Brothers (TOL), Meritage Homes (MTH), KB Home (KBH), Tri Pointe Homes (TPH), M/I Homes (MHO), Cavco Industries (CVCO), 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 stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.

Lennar received 223 more outperform votes than D.R. Horton when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.33% of users gave Lennar an outperform vote while only 60.06% of users gave D.R. Horton an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
LennarOutperform Votes
865
68.33%
Underperform Votes
401
31.67%
D.R. HortonOutperform Votes
642
60.06%
Underperform Votes
427
39.94%

Lennar has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, D.R. Horton has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

D.R. Horton has a net margin of 13.39% compared to D.R. Horton's net margin of 11.59%. Lennar's return on equity of 21.32% beat D.R. Horton's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lennar11.59% 15.90% 10.89%
D.R. Horton 13.39%21.32%14.97%

Lennar currently has a consensus target price of $163.88, suggesting a potential upside of 2.20%. D.R. Horton has a consensus target price of $158.31, suggesting a potential upside of 7.11%. Given Lennar's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe D.R. Horton is more favorable than Lennar.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lennar
3 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.47
D.R. Horton
2 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53

D.R. Horton has higher revenue and earnings than Lennar. D.R. Horton is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lennar, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lennar$34.23B1.30$3.94B$14.2711.24
D.R. Horton$35.46B1.37$4.75B$14.6910.06

81.1% of Lennar shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.6% of D.R. Horton shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.4% of Lennar shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of D.R. Horton shares are owned 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.

In the previous week, Lennar had 3 more articles in the media than D.R. Horton. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Lennar and 7 mentions for D.R. Horton. Lennar's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat D.R. Horton's score of 0.53 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
Lennar
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
D.R. Horton
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Lennar pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. D.R. Horton pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Lennar pays out 14.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. D.R. Horton pays out 8.2% 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. Lennar has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and D.R. Horton has increased its dividend for 9 consecutive years.

Summary

D.R. Horton beats Lennar on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding DHI and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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DHI vs. The Competition

MetricD.R. HortonOperative builders IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$48.67B$8.21B$8.68B$17.80B
Dividend Yield0.81%1.11%1.94%3.52%
P/E Ratio10.068.4822.3122.32
Price / Sales1.370.943.6210.20
Price / Cash10.349.3316.4218.97
Price / Book2.001.704.675.90
Net Income$4.75B$827.76M$500.16M$976.46M
7 Day Performance2.20%0.87%0.08%0.62%
1 Month Performance1.61%-0.40%4.04%3.61%
1 Year Performance31.94%33.56%32.03%20.81%

D.R. Horton Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LEN
Lennar
4.5911 of 5 stars
$154.95
-0.9%
$163.88
+5.8%
+48.3%$43.53B$34.23B10.8612,284
PHM
PulteGroup
4.6838 of 5 stars
$113.26
-0.9%
$111.87
-1.2%
+74.3%$24.04B$16.06B9.076,382Options Volume
NVR
NVR
2.557 of 5 stars
$7,365.50
-0.7%
$7,225.00
-1.9%
+37.9%$23.24B$9.31B15.356,300
TOL
Toll Brothers
4.5806 of 5 stars
$120.11
-2.3%
$123.27
+2.6%
+77.1%$12.80B$9.99B8.204,800Analyst Forecast
MTH
Meritage Homes
2.2573 of 5 stars
$172.24
-1.4%
$178.25
+3.5%
+49.3%$6.34B$6.14B8.031,838Short Interest ↑
KBH
KB Home
4.1604 of 5 stars
$69.27
-1.7%
$66.30
-4.3%
+61.1%$5.35B$6.41B9.422,205
TPH
Tri Pointe Homes
2.4173 of 5 stars
$37.90
-1.1%
$40.60
+7.1%
+29.5%$3.64B$3.67B10.111,438Positive News
MHO
M/I Homes
1.0374 of 5 stars
$124.49
-0.2%
$130.00
+4.4%
+76.1%$3.46B$4.03B7.161,607Positive News
CVCO
Cavco Industries
1.915 of 5 stars
$349.06
+0.3%
$425.00
+21.8%
+38.2%$2.90B$1.79B19.027,000High Trading Volume
BZH
Beazer Homes USA
4.5697 of 5 stars
$27.94
+1.5%
$35.67
+27.7%
+37.6%$868.50M$2.21B5.391,067Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑

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This page (NYSE:DHI) was last updated on 6/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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