Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. PHM scored 31.1, TOL scored 51.0 — TOL leads.
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PHM
PulteGroup, Inc.
Residential Construction · Quality-Growth
31.1
$112.12 · $21.4B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
19.9
TOL leads
TOL
Toll Brothers, Inc.
Residential Construction · Quality-Growth
51
$133.13 · $12.3B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestTOL10.9x
Fastest growthTOL-1.1%
Strongest balance sheetPHM0.19
Highest qualityPHM79 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueTOL-1%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
PHM
stronger →← stronger
TOL
79
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
77
22
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
26
17
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
65
TOL is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
PHM
TOL
$1.5bC+
FCF
$1.1bC+
-7.3%D
Rev
-1.1%D+
0.19A-
D/E
0.34A-
11.4xA-
P/E
10.9xA-
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PEG
0.87B+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
PHM
TOL
24% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
1% below
~6%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~2%/yr
-13%
1-yr DCF upside
+4%
-19%
5-yr DCF upside
+1%
-28%
10-yr DCF upside
-4%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
PHM
Why this score
Buying back stock
Raising its dividend
TOL
Why this score
Buying back stock
Raising its dividend
Durable high returns
The companies
PHMPulteGroup, Inc.
Residential Construction · $112.12 · beta 1.16
Why now
Residential Construction · market cap $21.4b. Down 22% from 52-week high of $144.50 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue -7% — in contraction; any catalyst that reverses this triggers re-rating. 17 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $137.59 (implying +23% upside).
Moat
ROE 15% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere.
Risk
Revenue contracting -7% — the operational turn is not yet visible in the top line.
TOLToll Brothers, Inc.
Residential Construction · $133.13 · beta 1.30
Why now
Residential Construction · market cap $12.3b. Down 21% from 52-week high of $168.36 — deep drawdown territory. PEG 0.87 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 17 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $170.88 (implying +28% upside).
Moat
ROE 14% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere.
Risk
Value re-rating depends on a catalyst. Without one — analyst day, divestiture, margin recovery, capital return — the stock can stay cheap on these multiples for years.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
TOL leads PHM by 5 points (81.0 to 76.0), its sharpest advantage coming in Rev (grade C+).
Our AI analyst is busy right now, so this verdict is drawn directly from the pillars, grades and DCF above.
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Where PHM and TOL diverge
On the headline score the gap is 19.9 points in favor of TOL. The widest single difference is Value, where TOL leads by 47.9 points.
ValuePHM 17.1 · TOL 65.0TOL +47.9
GrowthPHM 22.2 · TOL 26.5TOL +4.3
QualityPHM 79.1 · TOL 76.8level
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is TOL or PHM the better stock?
TOL scores higher: TOL 51.0, PHM 31.1 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do TOL and PHM differ most?
The widest gap is value, where TOL leads by 48 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. TOL also leads growth, while quality is effectively level between them.
How are TOL and PHM scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.