PHM vs RKT vs STC Stock Comparison

Pultegroup, Rocket Companies and Stewart Information Services Prices as of Nov 3, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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PHM Pultegroup Inc/Mi/
$126.88 +9.6% 1M +6.8% 1Y
Market cap
$25.48B
P/E
14.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$15.98B
Div. yield
–
Homebuilders Consumer Discretionary
6 wins
RKT Rocket Companies, Inc.
$13.82 +18.1% 1M -18.2% 1Y
Market cap
$42.31B
P/E
32.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$11.46B
Div. yield
0.00%
Mortgage Lending Financial Services
3 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Pultegroup leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Pultegroup 6, Rocket Companies 3, Stewart Information Services 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionPHMRKTSTCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $25.48B $42.31B $1.44B RKT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 14.2x 32.4x 10.7x STC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 14.2x 23.0x 9.2x STC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -9.3% +90.4% +22.5% RKT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 11.2% 11.4% 4.1% RKT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 14.1% 4.5% 7.4% PHM
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.1x 6.0x 1.2x PHM
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.04% STC
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +6.8% -18.2% -34.9% PHM
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +20.9%/yr -5.0%/yr -9.1%/yr PHM
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 33.8% 59.2% 35.7% PHM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 62/100 55/100 55/100 PHM

Percentile Scorecard

PHMRKTSTC

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

AxisPHMRKTSTC
Valuation 48 #13 of 24 39 #103 of 168 77 #28 of 119
Growth 46 #13 of 23 100 #1 of 163 86 #17 of 116
Profitability 80 #5 of 21 47 #82 of 154 42 #68 of 116
Financial Health 89 #3 of 19 53 #76 of 162 39 #73 of 118
Shareholder Returns 47 #11 of 20 33 #92 of 137 30 #77 of 109
Overall 62 55 55
  • PHM ranked among 24 companies in Homebuilding
  • RKT ranked among 173 companies in Lending and Credit
  • STC ranked among 126 companies in Insurance

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodPHMRKTSTCSPY
1 month +9.6%+18.1%-13.4% -2.0%
3 months -3.6%-2.1%-34.9% -2.2%
6 months +7.6%-1.9%-34.8% +4.2%
Year to date +8.2%-28.6%-36.4% +10.6%
1 year +6.8%-18.2%-34.9% +10.4%
3 years +52.2%+60.1%-4.8% +73.6%
3 years, per year +15.0%+17.0%-1.6% +20.2%
5 years +158.5%-22.6%-37.8% +61.6%
5 years, per year +20.9%-5.0%-9.1% +10.1%
10 years +604.5%—+4.1% +261.3%
10 years, per year +21.6%—+0.4% +13.7%

Risk

MeasurePHMRKTSTCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 33.8%59.2%35.7% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 30.5%57.1%40.3% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.842.090.45 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.20-0.31-0.98 0.81
Max drawdown, 5Y -38.3%-64.8%-54.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -11.0%-41.0%-42.1% -3.2%
52-week high $142.56$23.44$77.17 $779.14
52-week low $109.38$10.53$42.86 $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.

MultiplePHMRKTSTC
P/E now vs peer median 13.2xmedian 13.4x 30.1xmedian 11.8x 10.1xmedian 10.9x
P/S now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 0.7x 3.4xmedian 2.7x 0.4xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 8.6xmedian 10.1x 16.7xmedian 13.1x 6.0xmedian 7.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 18.0xmedian 16.6x 33.8xmedian 6.0x 9.1xmedian 8.7x
P/B now vs peer median 1.8xmedian 1.1x 1.6xmedian 0.7x 0.8xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median -1.49median 3.67 0.12median 0.33 0.30median 0.60

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 monthsPHMRKTSTC
Revenue $15.98B $11.46B $3.27B
Gross profit $4.21B – $3.18B
Operating income $2.66B – $217.22M
Net income $1.80B $1.30B $149.93M
Free cash flow $1.30B $1.16B $149.97M
EPS (diluted) $9.56 $0.46 $4.37
Cash & equivalents $1.41B $2.70B $261.63M
Total debt $1.81B $24.90B $646.74M
Shares (diluted) 187.84M 2.85B 30.85M
Enterprise value $18.84B $31.12B $212.04M

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
MetricPHMRKTSTC
P/E 13.2x 30.1x 10.1x
P/FCF 18.0x 33.8x 9.1x
P/Operating cash flow 16.6x 29.7x 5.7x
P/S 1.5x 3.4x 0.4x
P/B 1.8x 1.6x 0.8x
P/Tangible book 1.8x 9.7x 1.0x
EV/EBITDA 8.6x 16.7x 6.0x
EV/EBIT 8.9x 19.9x 7.8x
EV/Revenue 1.5x 5.4x 0.5x
EV/FCF 18.3x 53.0x 11.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 16.9x 46.6x 7.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -1.49 0.12 0.30

Growth

14 metrics
MetricPHMRKTSTC
Revenue growth (1Y) -9.3% 90.4% 22.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -1.8% 47.3% 10.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -16.2% – 23.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -6.5% – 10.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) -27.0% – 44.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -11.2% – 28.8%
Net income growth (1Y) -31.7% 275.7% 47.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -13.5% 58.8% 32.4%
EPS growth (1Y) -28.0% 1,042% 40.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -8.8% 248.8% 33.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -15.6% 254.5% 42.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -21.2% 181.6% 60.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -16.3% 225.4% 25.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -22.5% 121.4% 94.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricPHMRKTSTC
Gross margin 26.3% – 97.5%
EBITDA margin 17.3% 32.2% 8.6%
Operating margin 16.6% – 6.6%
Pretax margin 16.6% 15.8% 5.9%
Net margin 11.2% 11.4% 4.1%
FCF margin 8.1% 10.1% 4.6%
Operating cash flow margin 8.8% 11.5% 7.3%
Return on equity 16.1% 5.4% 9.0%
Return on assets 11.4% 2.2% 4.6%
Return on invested capital 14.1% 4.5% 7.4%
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover 0.9x 0.2x 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.8x 1.0x 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue 0.4% 3.8% 0.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricPHMRKTSTC
Debt / assets 9.8% 41.4% 19.6%
Debt / equity 0.1x 1.0x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.1x 6.0x 1.2x
Debt / FCF 1.4x 21.5x 4.3x
Liabilities / assets 29.2% 59.6% 49.2%
Equity / assets 70.8% 40.4% 50.8%
Interest coverage – 2.4x 8.5x
Current ratio – – –
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricPHMRKTSTC
Dividend yield 0.8% 0.0% 4.8%
Net buyback yield 5.7% -0.2% -10.5%
Shareholder yield 6.5% -0.2% -5.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 1.0% 42.2%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 1.1% 42.2%
Dividend growth (1Y) – -94.5% 13.8%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 9.0%

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.

ConsensusPHMRKTSTC
Forward P/E 14.2xFY2026 23.0xFY2026 9.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $8.93FY2026 $0.60FY2026 $4.86FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -19.7%FY2026 +114.3%FY2026 -0.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +3.5% +21.7% +11.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $16.06BFY2026 $11.31BFY2026 $3.64BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -7.2%FY2026 +68.8%FY2026 +24.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +4.0% +6.4% +2.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersPHMRKTSTC
Held by institutions 94.3% 50.4% 97.9%
Institutions holding 1,044 796 253
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.7% +16.2% +1.9%
Institutions buying 486 429 139
Institutions selling 404 261 78
Buyers to sellers 1.20 1.64 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.

PHMRKTSTC
PHM 1.00 0.62 0.32
RKT 0.62 1.00 0.27
STC 0.32 0.27 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, PHM, RKT and STC?

Rocket Companies (RKT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Pultegroup (PHM) $25.48B, Rocket Companies (RKT) $42.31B, Stewart Information Services (STC) $1.44B.

Which stock is cheaper, PHM, RKT and STC?

Stewart Information Services (STC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Pultegroup (PHM) 14.2x, Rocket Companies (RKT) 32.4x, Stewart Information Services (STC) 10.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Stewart Information Services (STC) is cheapest (Pultegroup (PHM) 14.2x, Rocket Companies (RKT) 23.0x, Stewart Information Services (STC) 9.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Rocket Companies (RKT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Pultegroup (PHM) -9.3%, Rocket Companies (RKT) +90.4%, Stewart Information Services (STC) +22.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Rocket Companies (RKT) has the highest net margin (Pultegroup (PHM) 11.2%, Rocket Companies (RKT) 11.4%, Stewart Information Services (STC) 4.1%). On return on invested capital, Pultegroup (PHM) leads (Pultegroup (PHM) 14.1%, Rocket Companies (RKT) 4.5%, Stewart Information Services (STC) 7.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Pultegroup (PHM) returned the most: Pultegroup (PHM) +6.8%, Rocket Companies (RKT) -18.2%, Stewart Information Services (STC) -34.9%. Over five years, Pultegroup (PHM) compounded fastest (Pultegroup (PHM) +20.9%/yr, Rocket Companies (RKT) -5.0%/yr, Stewart Information Services (STC) -9.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Stewart Information Services (STC) has the highest dividend yield: Pultegroup (PHM) 0.00%, Rocket Companies (RKT) 0.00%, Stewart Information Services (STC) 0.04%. Pultegroup (PHM) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Pultegroup (PHM) has been the steadiest (Pultegroup (PHM) 33.8%, Rocket Companies (RKT) 59.2%, Stewart Information Services (STC) 35.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, PHM, RKT and STC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Pultegroup (PHM) leads on 6. 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.