LEN vs. DHI, PHM, NVR, TOL, MTH, KBH, TPH, MHO, CVCO, and HOV
Should you be buying Lennar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lennar include D.R. Horton (DHI), 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 Hovnanian Enterprises (HOV). These companies are all part of the "homebuilding" industry.
Lennar (NYSE:LEN) and D.R. Horton (NYSE:DHI) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.
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, 1.7% 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 a net margin of 13.39% compared to Lennar's net margin of 11.59%. D.R. Horton's return on equity of 21.32% beat Lennar's return on equity.
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 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 D.R. Horton's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe D.R. Horton is more favorable than Lennar.
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.
In the previous week, Lennar had 2 more articles in the media than D.R. Horton. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Lennar and 8 mentions for D.R. Horton. D.R. Horton's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Lennar's score of 0.53 indicating that D.R. Horton is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Lennar has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, D.R. Horton has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
D.R. Horton beats Lennar on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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