LGI Homes (LGIH) Competitors

LGI Homes (NASDAQ:LGIH) and Century Communities (NYSE:CCS) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and dividends.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in LGIH or CCS?

84.9% of LGI Homes shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.5% of Century Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.4% of LGI Homes shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of Century Communities shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, LGIH or CCS?

LGI Homes has a beta of 1.97, meaning that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Century Communities has a beta of 1.87, meaning that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate LGIH or CCS?

LGI Homes presently has a consensus target price of $126.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.07%. Century Communities has a consensus target price of $107.50, indicating a potential upside of 21.21%. Given Century Communities' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Century Communities is more favorable than LGI Homes.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LGI Homes	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Century Communities	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media prefer LGIH or CCS?

In the previous week, Century Communities had 10 more articles in the media than LGI Homes. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Century Communities and 2 mentions for LGI Homes. LGI Homes' average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Century Communities' score of 0.30 indicating that LGI Homes is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
LGI Homes	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Century Communities	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, LGIH or CCS?

Century Communities has higher revenue and earnings than LGI Homes. Century Communities 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	$2.25B	1.10	$199.23M	$8.34	12.69
Century Communities	$4.33B	0.64	$259.22M	$10.03	8.84

Is LGIH or CCS more profitable?

LGI Homes has a net margin of 8.75% compared to Century Communities' net margin of 7.44%. Century Communities' return on equity of 13.79% beat LGI Homes' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LGI Homes	8.75%	10.32%	5.46%
Century Communities	7.44%	13.79%	7.80%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LGIH or CCS?

LGI Homes received 124 more outperform votes than Century Communities when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.40% of users gave Century Communities an outperform vote while only 59.92% of users gave LGI Homes an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LGI Homes	Outperform Votes 426 59.92%	Underperform Votes 285 40.08%
Century Communities	Outperform Votes 302 60.40%	Underperform Votes 198 39.60%

Summary

Century Communities beats LGI Homes on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.