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 companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, risk and dividends.

Is LGIH or CCS more profitable?

LGI Homes has a net margin of 8.78% 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	8.78%	10.45%	5.58%
Century Communities	7.44%	13.79%	7.80%

Which has preferable earnings & 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	$2.36B	1.02	$199.23M	$8.23	12.46
Century Communities	$4.33B	0.64	$259.22M	$10.03	8.83

Which has more volatility and risk, LGIH or CCS?

LGI Homes has a beta of 1.95, suggesting that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Century Communities has a beta of 1.85, suggesting that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LGIH or CCS?

LGI Homes received 124 more outperform votes than Century Communities when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.64% of users gave Century Communities an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave LGI Homes an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LGI Homes	Outperform Votes 426 60.00%	Underperform Votes 284 40.00%
Century Communities	Outperform Votes 302 60.64%	Underperform Votes 196 39.36%

Do analysts rate LGIH or CCS?

LGI Homes currently has a consensus target price of $126.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.90%. Century Communities has a consensus target price of $107.50, indicating a potential upside of 21.44%. Given LGI Homes' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe LGI Homes is more favorable than Century Communities.

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
Century Communities	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media refer more to LGIH or CCS?

In the previous week, Century Communities had 18 more articles in the media than LGI Homes. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Century Communities and 3 mentions for LGI Homes. LGI Homes' average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Century Communities' score of 0.27 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)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Century Communities	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of Century Communities shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Century Communities beats LGI Homes on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.