DHI vs FNF vs VLY Stock Comparison

Horton D R, Fidelity National Financial and Valley National Bancorp Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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DHI Horton D R Inc /De/
$146.56 +5.1% 1M -1.2% 1Y
Market cap
$41.20B
P/E
14.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$33.04B
Div. yield
–
Homebuilders Consumer Discretionary
3 wins
VLY Valley National Bancorp
$14.28 +12.3% 1M +30.3% 1Y
Market cap
$7.82B
P/E
11.1x
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Regional Banks Financial Services
3 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Horton D R leads on 3 of the 12 questions below (Horton D R 3, Valley National Bancorp 3, Fidelity National Financial 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDHIFNFVLYLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $41.20B $10.81B $7.82B DHI
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 14.3x 14.0x 11.1x VLY
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 13.7x 8.4x 11.8x FNF
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -3.5% +13.0% — FNF
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 5.0% — –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 5.6% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -0.1x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.05% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -1.2% -24.0% +30.3% VLY
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +10.4%/yr -1.9%/yr +1.5%/yr DHI
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 35.5% 27.6% 25.0% VLY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 57/100 56/100 — DHI

Percentile Scorecard

DHIFNFVLY

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisDHIFNFVLY
Valuation 50 #11 of 21 90 #13 of 119 61 #140 of 361
Growth 83 #4 of 19 35 #74 of 114 –
Profitability 73 #5 of 16 59 #44 of 106 –
Financial Health – 38 #65 of 104 –
Shareholder Returns 20 #13 of 16 60 #43 of 105 76 #80 of 335
Overall 57 56 –
  • DHI ranked among 24 companies in Homebuilding
  • FNF ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • VLY ranked among 368 companies in Banking

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodDHIFNFVLYSPY
1 month +5.1%-2.2%+12.3% +0.7%
3 months +0.7%-22.7%-0.3% +3.7%
6 months -4.7%-23.0%+5.2% +7.1%
Year to date +1.8%-26.2%+22.3% +12.8%
1 year -1.2%-24.0%+30.3% +11.9%
3 years +43.5%+6.8%+85.2% +85.2%
3 years, per year +12.8%+2.2%+22.8% +22.8%
5 years +64.2%-9.3%+7.7% +67.6%
5 years, per year +10.4%-1.9%+1.5% +10.9%
10 years +411.7%+69.4%+45.0% +262.0%
10 years, per year +17.7%+5.4%+3.8% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureDHIFNFVLYSPY
Volatility, 1Y 35.5%27.6%25.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 31.3%29.3%23.6% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.880.280.67 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.03-0.871.21 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -44.8%-40.2%-56.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -12.6%-30.1%-6.0% -1.2%
52-week high $167.78$57.61$15.19 $779.14
52-week low $132.53$38.66$10.43 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleDHIFNFVLY
P/E now vs peer median 14.3xmedian 13.5x 13.9xmedian 10.7x 11.2xmedian 12.2x
P/S now vs peer median 1.2xmedian 0.6x 0.7xmedian 1.4x 3.3xmedian 3.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 9.7x 4.5xmedian 7.5x —median 5.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 12.2xmedian 15.9x 2.0xmedian 8.5x 12.6xmedian 10.8x
P/B now vs peer median 1.7xmedian 1.1x 1.2xmedian 1.5x 1.0xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median -1.49median 1.90 0.94median 0.60 3.53median 1.34

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsDHIFNFVLY
Revenue $33.04B $15.36B –
Gross profit – $15.08B –
Operating income – $1.46B –
Net income $2.94B $912.00M –
Free cash flow – $5.43B –
EPS (diluted) $10.21 $2.89 $1.27
Cash & equivalents $2.12B $3.58B –
Total debt – $4.38B –
Shares (diluted) 283.00M 267.00M 556.96M
Enterprise value $41.20B -$7.59B $7.82B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricDHIFNFVLY
P/E 14.3x 13.9x 11.2x
P/FCF 12.2x 2.0x 12.6x
P/Operating cash flow 11.7x 1.9x –
P/S 1.2x 0.7x 3.3x
P/B 1.7x 1.2x 1.0x
P/Tangible book 1.7x 1.2x 1.0x
EV/EBITDA – 4.5x –
EV/EBIT – 7.3x –
EV/Revenue 1.2x 0.7x –
EV/FCF – 2.0x –
EV/Operating cash flow 11.7x 1.9x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -1.49 0.94 3.53

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDHIFNFVLY
Revenue growth (1Y) -3.5% 13.0% –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -2.3% 10.8% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 13.0% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 14.8% –
Operating income growth (1Y) – 21.4% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 61.9% –
Net income growth (1Y) -18.9% -21.0% –
Net income CAGR (3Y) -15.1% 20.9% –
EPS growth (1Y) -11.7% -26.7% 46.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -9.6% 14.9% 3.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 2.5% -19.0% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -6.6% -2.5% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -19.3% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -2.6% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDHIFNFVLY
Gross margin – 98.2% –
EBITDA margin – 15.2% –
Operating margin – 9.5% –
Pretax margin – 11.3% –
Net margin – 5.0% –
FCF margin – 35.3% –
Operating cash flow margin 10.6% 36.2% –
Return on equity 12.2% 10.3% –
Return on assets 8.2% 0.8% –
Return on invested capital – 5.6% –
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover 0.9x 0.1x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 6.1x –
Stock comp / revenue 0.4% 0.6% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDHIFNFVLY
Debt / assets – 3.8% –
Debt / equity – 0.5x –
Net debt / EBITDA – -0.1x –
Debt / FCF – 0.8x –
Liabilities / assets 31.9% 92.3% 88.3%
Equity / assets 68.1% 7.7% 11.7%
Interest coverage – 6.0x –
Current ratio – – –
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDHIFNFVLY
Dividend yield 1.2% 5.2% 3.1%
Net buyback yield – 1.9% –
Shareholder yield 1.2% 7.1% 3.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 60.6% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 10.2% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 2.0% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 4.3% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusDHIFNFVLY
Forward P/E 13.7xFY2026 8.4xFY2026 11.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $10.71FY2026 $4.82FY2026 $1.21FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -7.4%FY2026 -3.0%FY2026 +22.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +1.2% +16.6% +31.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $30.74BFY2026 $14.25BFY2026 $2.21BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -10.3%FY2026 -1.4%FY2026 +8.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +2.4% +3.0% +20.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDHIFNFVLY
Held by institutions 85.7% 83.3% 76.7%
Institutions holding 1,230 712 475
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.2% +1.9% +3.7%
Institutions buying 657 321 251
Institutions selling 402 257 141
Buyers to sellers 1.63 1.25 1.78

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

DHIFNFVLY
DHI 1.00 0.34 0.43
FNF 0.34 1.00 0.30
VLY 0.43 0.30 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DHI, FNF and VLY?

Horton D R (DHI) is the largest by market capitalisation: Horton D R (DHI) $41.20B, Fidelity National Financial (FNF) $10.81B, Valley National Bancorp (VLY) $7.82B.

Which stock is cheaper, DHI, FNF and VLY?

Valley National Bancorp (VLY) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Horton D R (DHI) 14.3x, Fidelity National Financial (FNF) 14.0x, Valley National Bancorp (VLY) 11.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Fidelity National Financial (FNF) is cheapest (Horton D R (DHI) 13.7x, Fidelity National Financial (FNF) 8.4x, Valley National Bancorp (VLY) 11.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Fidelity National Financial (FNF) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Horton D R (DHI) -3.5%, Fidelity National Financial (FNF) +13.0%.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Valley National Bancorp (VLY) returned the most: Horton D R (DHI) -1.2%, Fidelity National Financial (FNF) -24.0%, Valley National Bancorp (VLY) +30.3%. Over five years, Horton D R (DHI) compounded fastest (Horton D R (DHI) +10.4%/yr, Fidelity National Financial (FNF) -1.9%/yr, Valley National Bancorp (VLY) +1.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Horton D R (DHI) 0.00%, Fidelity National Financial (FNF) 0.05%, Valley National Bancorp (VLY) 0.00%. Horton D R (DHI) and Valley National Bancorp (VLY) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Valley National Bancorp (VLY) has been the steadiest (Horton D R (DHI) 35.5%, Fidelity National Financial (FNF) 27.6%, Valley National Bancorp (VLY) 25.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, DHI, FNF and VLY?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Horton D R (DHI) leads on 3. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.