Century Communities (CCS) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TMHC or CCS?

Taylor Morrison Home received 177 more outperform votes than Century Communities when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.04% of users gave Century Communities an outperform vote while only 59.88% of users gave Taylor Morrison Home an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Taylor Morrison Home	Outperform Votes 479 59.88%	Underperform Votes 321 40.13%
Century Communities	Outperform Votes 302 60.04%	Underperform Votes 201 39.96%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, TMHC or CCS?

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
Taylor Morrison Home	$7.42B	0.92	$768.93M	$7.56	8.69
Century Communities	$3.69B	0.64	$259.22M	$10.03	7.57

Which has more volatility and risk, TMHC or CCS?

Taylor Morrison Home has a beta of 2.01, indicating that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Century Communities has a beta of 1.91, indicating that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer TMHC or CCS?

Taylor Morrison Home presently has a consensus price target of $84.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.83%. Century Communities has a consensus price target of $104.00, suggesting a potential upside of 37.00%. Given Century Communities' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Century Communities is more favorable than Taylor Morrison Home.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Taylor Morrison Home	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89
Century Communities	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is TMHC or CCS 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
Taylor Morrison Home	10.39%	15.91%	9.73%
Century Communities	7.44%	13.79%	7.80%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in TMHC or CCS?

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

Does the media favor TMHC or CCS?

In the previous week, Taylor Morrison Home had 3 more articles in the media than Century Communities. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Taylor Morrison Home and 3 mentions for Century Communities. Taylor Morrison Home's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Century Communities' score of 0.72 indicating that Taylor Morrison Home is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Taylor Morrison Home	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Century Communities	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Taylor Morrison Home beats Century Communities on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.