D.R. Horton, Inc. vs Installed Building Products, Inc., two Homebuilders stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where DHI and IBP diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), DHI reads -2.0% and IBP reads +24.6%; on revenue growth, DHI reads -3.8% and IBP reads +0.4%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's DHI price has a different growth bar priced in than IBP (-2.0% implied for DHI vs +24.6% for IBP); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What DHI's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What IBP's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | DHI | IBP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $146.70 | $227.48 |
| Market cap | $41.5B | $6.1B |
| Sector | Homebuilders | Homebuilders |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -2.0% | +24.6% |
| P/E | 14.0 | 24.3 |
| P/B | 1.70 | 9.19 |
| P/S | 1.24 | 2.08 |
| EV/EBITDA | 1423.7 | 15.3 |
| Revenue growth | -3.8% | +0.4% |
| Gross margin | — | 32.1% |
| Operating margin | — | 8.7% |
| Net margin | 9.2% | 8.7% |
| Return on equity | 12.5% | 38.2% |
| Return on assets | 8.4% | 11.4% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 15.6% |
| FCF yield | 7.7% | 5.1% |
| Dividend yield | 1.1% | 1.4% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 1.66 |
| Current ratio | — | 3.35 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.23 | 4.84 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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