Reviewing Smith Douglas Homes (SDHC) and The Competition

Smith Douglas Homes (NYSE:SDHC) is one of 26 publicly-traded companies in the “Operative builders” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Smith Douglas Homes to similar companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Smith Douglas Homes and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Smith Douglas Homes	1	4	0	0	1.80
Smith Douglas Homes Competitors	397	1875	1729	53	2.35

Smith Douglas Homes currently has a consensus price target of $24.80, indicating a potential upside of 22.95%. As a group, “Operative builders” companies have a potential upside of 29.70%. Given Smith Douglas Homes’ peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Smith Douglas Homes has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Risk and Volatility

Smith Douglas Homes has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Smith Douglas Homes’ peers have a beta of 2.72, suggesting that their average share price is 172% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Smith Douglas Homes and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Smith Douglas Homes	4.60%	21.01%	16.10%
Smith Douglas Homes Competitors	9.23%	84.38%	10.92%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

89.0% of shares of all “Operative builders” companies are held by institutional investors. 18.7% of shares of all “Operative builders” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Smith Douglas Homes and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Smith Douglas Homes	$975.46 million	$123.18 million	11.46
Smith Douglas Homes Competitors	$6.34 billion	$777.96 million	7.83

Smith Douglas Homes’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than Smith Douglas Homes. Smith Douglas 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.

Summary

Smith Douglas Homes peers beat Smith Douglas Homes on 11 of the 13 factors compared.

Smith Douglas Homes Company Profile

Smith Douglas Homes Corp., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, construction, and sale of single-family homes in the southeastern United States. It also provides closing, escrow, and title insurance services. The company sells its products to entry-level and empty-nest homebuyers. Smith Douglas Homes Corp. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Woodstock, Georgia.