M/I Homes (MHO) versus The Competition Head to Head Review

M/I Homes (NYSE:MHO) is one of 150 publicly-traded companies in the “Household Durables” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare M/I Homes to similar businesses based on the strength of its risk, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares M/I Homes and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
M/I Homes	6.59%	10.12%	6.74%
M/I Homes Competitors	-2.55%	-17.06%	1.25%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares M/I Homes and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
M/I Homes	$4.42 billion	$402.94 million	12.51
M/I Homes Competitors	$5.33 billion	$313.99 million	9.23

M/I Homes’ peers have higher revenue, but lower earnings than M/I Homes. M/I Homes is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for M/I Homes and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
M/I Homes	1	2	3	1	2.57
M/I Homes Competitors	1815	7446	8167	316	2.39

M/I Homes currently has a consensus target price of $164.40, suggesting a potential upside of 24.92%. As a group, “Household Durables” companies have a potential upside of 39.39%. Given M/I Homes’ peers higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe M/I Homes has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Risk & Volatility

M/I Homes has a beta of 1.67, indicating that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, M/I Homes’ peers have a beta of 1.77, indicating that their average stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

95.1% of M/I Homes shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.6% of shares of all “Household Durables” companies are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of M/I Homes shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.1% of shares of all “Household Durables” companies are owned 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.

Summary

M/I Homes beats its peers on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About M/I Homes

M/I Homes, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the construction and sale of single-family residential homes in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota, Michigan, Florida, Texas, North Carolina, and Tennessee. The company operates through Northern Homebuilding, Southern Homebuilding, and Financial Services segments. It also designs, constructs, markets, and sells single-family homes and attached townhomes to first-time, millennial, move-up, empty-nester, multi-generational, and luxury homebuyers under the M/I Homes brand name. In addition, the company purchases undeveloped land to develop into developed lots for the construction of single-family homes, as well as for sale to others. Further, the company originates and sells mortgages; and serves as a title insurance agent by providing title insurance policies, examination, and closing services to purchasers of its homes. M/I Homes, Inc. was founded in 1976 and is based in Columbus, Ohio.