Century Communities (CCS) Competitors

Century Communities (NYSE:CCS) and Taylor Morrison Home (NYSE:TMHC) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CCS or TMHC?

99.5% of Century Communities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.2% of Taylor Morrison Home shares are held by institutional investors. 11.7% of Century Communities shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Taylor Morrison Home shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, CCS or TMHC?

Century Communities has a beta of 1.87, indicating that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Taylor Morrison Home has a beta of 1.96, indicating that its share price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CCS or TMHC more profitable?

Taylor Morrison Home has a net margin of 10.39% compared to Century Communities' net margin of 7.44%. Taylor Morrison Home's return on equity of 15.91% beat Century Communities' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Century Communities	7.44%	13.79%	7.80%
Taylor Morrison Home	10.39%	15.91%	9.73%

Do analysts prefer CCS or TMHC?

Century Communities currently has a consensus price target of $107.50, indicating a potential upside of 24.31%. Taylor Morrison Home has a consensus price target of $77.33, indicating a potential upside of 11.59%. Given Century Communities' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Century Communities is more favorable than Taylor Morrison Home.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Century Communities	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Taylor Morrison Home	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CCS or TMHC?

Taylor Morrison Home received 174 more outperform votes than Century Communities when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.40% of users gave Century Communities an outperform vote while only 59.80% of users gave Taylor Morrison Home an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Century Communities	Outperform Votes 302 60.40%	Underperform Votes 198 39.60%
Taylor Morrison Home	Outperform Votes 476 59.80%	Underperform Votes 320 40.20%

Does the media prefer CCS or TMHC?

In the previous week, Century Communities had 2 more articles in the media than Taylor Morrison Home. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Century Communities and 9 mentions for Taylor Morrison Home. Taylor Morrison Home's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Century Communities' score of 0.33 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
Century Communities	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Taylor Morrison Home	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, CCS or TMHC?

Taylor Morrison Home has higher revenue and earnings than Century Communities. Century Communities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Taylor Morrison Home, 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	$3.69B	0.73	$259.22M	$10.03	8.62
Taylor Morrison Home	$7.42B	0.97	$768.93M	$7.56	9.17

Summary

Taylor Morrison Home beats Century Communities on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.