Cavco Industries (CVCO) Competitors

Century Communities (NYSE:CCS) and Cavco Industries (NASDAQ:CVCO) are both construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer CCS or CVCO?

Century Communities currently has a consensus price target of $85.00, suggesting a potential upside of 47.06%. Cavco Industries has a consensus price target of $522.50, suggesting a potential upside of 20.71%. Given Century Communities' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Century Communities is more favorable than Cavco Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Century Communities	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Cavco Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CCS or CVCO?

99.5% of Century Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of Cavco Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.6% of Century Communities shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Cavco Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, CCS or CVCO?

Century Communities has higher revenue and earnings than Cavco Industries. Century Communities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cavco Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Century Communities	$4.35B	0.41	$333.82M	$9.66	5.98
Cavco Industries	$2.02B	1.74	$171.04M	$20.76	20.85

Is CCS or CVCO more profitable?

Cavco Industries has a net margin of 8.49% compared to Century Communities' net margin of 7.10%. Cavco Industries' return on equity of 17.00% beat Century Communities' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Century Communities	7.10%	12.80%	7.18%
Cavco Industries	8.49%	17.00%	12.82%

Does the media prefer CCS or CVCO?

In the previous week, Cavco Industries had 8 more articles in the media than Century Communities. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Cavco Industries and 5 mentions for Century Communities. Cavco Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Century Communities' score of 0.00 indicating that Cavco Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Century Communities	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Cavco Industries	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, CCS or CVCO?

Century Communities has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cavco Industries has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Cavco Industries beats Century Communities on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.