Reviewing D.R. Horton (DHI) and Its Rivals

D.R. Horton (NYSE:DHI) is one of 150 public companies in the “Household Durables” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare D.R. Horton to related companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, dividends and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares D.R. Horton and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
D.R. Horton	8.74%	11.93%	8.17%
D.R. Horton Competitors	-2.57%	-17.04%	1.23%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for D.R. Horton and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
D.R. Horton	4	12	5	0	2.05
D.R. Horton Competitors	1812	7439	8165	316	2.39

D.R. Horton currently has a consensus price target of $151.33, suggesting a potential downside of 3.93%. As a group, “Household Durables” companies have a potential upside of 40.54%. Given D.R. Horton’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe D.R. Horton has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares D.R. Horton and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
D.R. Horton	$33.04 billion	$2.89 billion	15.53
D.R. Horton Competitors	$130.89 billion	$313.99 million	9.47

D.R. Horton’s competitors have higher revenue, but lower earnings than D.R. Horton. D.R. Horton is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

90.6% of D.R. Horton shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.6% of shares of all “Household Durables” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of D.R. Horton shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.3% of shares of all “Household Durables” companies are held 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.

Volatility & Risk

D.R. Horton has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, D.R. Horton’s competitors have a beta of 1.77, meaning that their average stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

D.R. Horton pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. D.R. Horton pays out 17.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Household Durables” companies pay a dividend yield of 4.1% and pay out 32.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. D.R. Horton has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years.

Summary

D.R. Horton competitors beat D.R. Horton on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

About D.R. Horton

D.R. Horton, Inc. operates as a homebuilding company in East, North, Southeast, South Central, Southwest, and Northwest regions in the United States. It engages in the acquisition and development of land; and construction and sale of residential homes in 118 markets across 33 states under the names of D.R. Horton, America’s Builder, Express Homes, Emerald Homes, and Freedom Homes. The company constructs and sells single-family detached homes; and attached homes, such as townhomes, duplexes, and triplexes. It also provides mortgage financing services; and title insurance policies, and examination and closing services, as well as engages in the residential lot development business. In addition, the company develops, constructs, owns, leases, and sells multi-family and single-family rental properties; and owns non-residential real estate, including ranch land and improvements. It primarily serves homebuyers. D.R. Horton, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Arlington, Texas.