LGI Homes (LGIH) Competitors

LGI Homes (NASDAQ:LGIH) and Taylor Morrison Home (NYSE:TMHC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Does the media prefer LGIH or TMHC?

In the previous week, Taylor Morrison Home had 9 more articles in the media than LGI Homes. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Taylor Morrison Home and 5 mentions for LGI Homes. Taylor Morrison Home's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat LGI Homes' score of 0.13 indicating that Taylor Morrison Home is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
LGI Homes	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Taylor Morrison Home	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is LGIH or TMHC more profitable?

Taylor Morrison Home has a net margin of 10.81% compared to LGI Homes' net margin of 8.75%. Taylor Morrison Home's return on equity of 16.50% beat LGI Homes' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LGI Homes	8.75%	10.32%	5.46%
Taylor Morrison Home	10.81%	16.50%	10.16%

Which has better earnings and valuation, LGIH or TMHC?

Taylor Morrison Home has higher revenue and earnings than LGI Homes. Taylor Morrison Home is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LGI Homes, 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
LGI Homes	$2.20B	0.71	$199.23M	$8.30	8.03
Taylor Morrison Home	$8.17B	0.75	$883.31M	$8.28	7.26

Do analysts recommend LGIH or TMHC?

LGI Homes presently has a consensus price target of $118.33, indicating a potential upside of 77.51%. Taylor Morrison Home has a consensus price target of $82.43, indicating a potential upside of 37.07%. Given LGI Homes' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe LGI Homes is more favorable than Taylor Morrison Home.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LGI Homes	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Taylor Morrison Home	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LGIH or TMHC?

Taylor Morrison Home received 54 more outperform votes than LGI Homes when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.53% of users gave Taylor Morrison Home an outperform vote while only 59.47% of users gave LGI Homes an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LGI Homes	Outperform Votes 427 59.47%	Underperform Votes 291 40.53%
Taylor Morrison Home	Outperform Votes 481 59.53%	Underperform Votes 327 40.47%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in LGIH or TMHC?

84.9% of LGI Homes shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.2% of Taylor Morrison Home shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.3% of LGI Homes shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Taylor Morrison Home shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, LGIH or TMHC?

LGI Homes has a beta of 2.13, suggesting that its stock price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Taylor Morrison Home has a beta of 2.06, suggesting that its stock price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Taylor Morrison Home beats LGI Homes on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.