Contrasting Vistry Group (OTCMKTS:BVHMF) & D.R. Horton (NYSE:DHI)

Vistry Group (OTCMKTS:BVHMF) and D.R. Horton (NYSE:DHI) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and profitability.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Vistry Group and D.R. Horton”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vistry Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
D.R. Horton	$34.25 billion	1.24	$3.59 billion	$10.51	14.43

D.R. Horton has higher revenue and earnings than Vistry Group.

Profitability

This table compares Vistry Group and D.R. Horton’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vistry Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
D.R. Horton	9.15%	12.47%	8.59%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

54.2% of Vistry Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.6% of D.R. Horton shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of D.R. Horton shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Vistry Group and D.R. Horton, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vistry Group	1	1	2	0	2.25
D.R. Horton	0	10	5	0	2.33

D.R. Horton has a consensus target price of $166.92, suggesting a potential upside of 10.08%. Given D.R. Horton’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe D.R. Horton is more favorable than Vistry Group.

Summary

D.R. Horton beats Vistry Group on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Vistry Group

Vistry Group PLC, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a builder of homes in the United Kingdom. The company offers two-bed to four and five-bed family homes. It owns a land bank of 40,218 plots. The company was formerly known as Bovis Homes Group PLC and changed its name to Vistry Group PLC in January 2020. Vistry Group PLC was founded in 1885 and is headquartered in West Malling, the United Kingdom.

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.