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 investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, 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	$4.40B	0.49	$333.82M	$10.40	6.70
Taylor Morrison Home	$8.17B	0.76	$883.31M	$8.28	7.35

Which has more volatility & risk, CCS or TMHC?

Century Communities has a beta of 2.1, suggesting that its stock price is 110% 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.

Does the media favor CCS or TMHC?

In the previous week, Century Communities had 1 more articles in the media than Taylor Morrison Home. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Century Communities and 10 mentions for Taylor Morrison Home. Taylor Morrison Home's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Century Communities' score of 1.10 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	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Taylor Morrison Home	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CCS or TMHC more profitable?

Taylor Morrison Home has a net margin of 10.81% compared to Century Communities' net margin of 7.59%. Taylor Morrison Home's return on equity of 16.50% beat Century Communities' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Century Communities	7.59%	14.17%	8.02%
Taylor Morrison Home	10.81%	16.50%	10.16%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CCS or TMHC?

Taylor Morrison Home received 179 more outperform votes than Century Communities when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.80% of users gave Century Communities an outperform vote while only 59.53% of users gave Taylor Morrison Home an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Century Communities	Outperform Votes 302 59.80%	Underperform Votes 203 40.20%
Taylor Morrison Home	Outperform Votes 481 59.53%	Underperform Votes 327 40.47%

Do analysts recommend CCS or TMHC?

Century Communities currently has a consensus target price of $103.00, suggesting a potential upside of 47.88%. Taylor Morrison Home has a consensus target price of $82.43, suggesting a potential upside of 35.48%. Given Century Communities' higher probable upside, equities 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)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Taylor Morrison Home	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Do institutionals and insiders 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. 11.9% 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Taylor Morrison Home beats Century Communities on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.