About the Residential Construction Industry
The Residential Construction industry includes 19 U.S.-listed companies in the Consumer Discretionary sector with a combined market capitalization of $166.66B. The largest are D.R. Horton, Inc. (DHI, $41.74B), PulteGroup, Inc. (PHM, $23.49B) and Lennar Corporation (LEN, $20.19B), together 51% of the industry's value.
17 of the 19 companies with reported earnings are profitable, and their median P/E ratio is 13.0. 8 of 19 pay a dividend, with a median yield of 1.93% among payers.
Over the past year the median stock is down 7.7%, and 4 of 19 are higher than a year ago. Median revenue growth is -8.0% year over year.
Best 1-year performers
Weakest 1-year performers
Highest dividend yields
Profitability
- Profitable companies
- 17 of 19
- Median gross margin
- 22.4%
- Median net profit margin
- 7.2%
- Median return on equity
- 9.1%
Longest dividend growth streak: D.R. Horton, Inc. (DHI), 12 consecutive years.

















