The GEO Group, 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 GEO and IBP diverge most: on fcf yield, GEO reads -0.7% and IBP reads 5.1%; on revenue growth, GEO reads +12.8% and IBP reads +0.4%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's GEO price has a different growth bar priced in than IBP (+15.0% implied for GEO vs +24.6% for IBP); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What GEO'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 | GEO | IBP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $30.92 | $227.48 |
| Market cap | $4.1B | $6.1B |
| Sector | Homebuilders | Homebuilders |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +15.0% | +24.6% |
| P/E | 16.3 | 24.3 |
| P/B | 2.77 | 9.19 |
| P/S | 1.52 | 2.08 |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.5 | 15.3 |
| Revenue growth | +12.8% | +0.4% |
| Gross margin | — | 32.1% |
| Operating margin | 12.7% | 8.7% |
| Net margin | 10.0% | 8.7% |
| Return on equity | 18.2% | 38.2% |
| Return on assets | 7.2% | 11.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 7.3% | 15.6% |
| FCF yield | -0.7% | 5.1% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.4% |
| Debt / equity | 1.06 | 1.66 |
| Current ratio | 1.75 | 3.35 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.01 | 4.84 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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