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 -4.2% and IBP reads +20.1%; on revenue growth, DHI reads -3.8% and IBP reads +0.2%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's DHI price has a different growth bar priced in than IBP (-4.2% implied for DHI vs +20.1% for IBP); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | DHI | IBP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $137.91 | $204.15 |
| Market cap | $39.0B | $5.5B |
| Sector | Homebuilders | Homebuilders |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -4.2% | +20.1% |
| P/E | 13.2 | 22.0 |
| P/B | 1.60 | 8.53 |
| P/S | 1.17 | 1.84 |
| EV/EBITDA | 1333.9 | 14.1 |
| Revenue growth | -3.8% | +0.2% |
| Gross margin | — | 33.3% |
| Operating margin | — | 12.2% |
| Net margin | 9.2% | 8.5% |
| Return on equity | 12.5% | 39.2% |
| Return on assets | 8.4% | 11.1% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 16.1% |
| FCF yield | 8.2% | 5.3% |
| Dividend yield | 1.2% | 1.6% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 1.72 |
| Current ratio | — | 2.98 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.11 | 4.56 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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