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

Which has more risk & volatility, TMHC or CCS?

Taylor Morrison Home has a beta of 2.03, indicating that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Century Communities has a beta of 1.92, indicating that its stock price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, 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	$8.17B	0.77	$883.31M	$8.28	7.35
Century Communities	$4.40B	0.50	$333.82M	$10.40	6.85

Is TMHC or CCS 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
Taylor Morrison Home	10.81%	16.50%	10.16%
Century Communities	7.59%	14.17%	8.02%

Do analysts rate TMHC or CCS?

Taylor Morrison Home presently has a consensus target price of $82.43, suggesting a potential upside of 35.46%. Century Communities has a consensus target price of $103.00, suggesting a potential upside of 44.64%. Given Century Communities' higher probable 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	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78
Century Communities	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TMHC or CCS?

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 59.75% of users gave Taylor Morrison Home an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Taylor Morrison Home	Outperform Votes 481 59.75%	Underperform Votes 324 40.25%
Century Communities	Outperform Votes 302 59.80%	Underperform Votes 203 40.20%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in TMHC or CCS?

95.2% of Taylor Morrison Home shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.5% of Century Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of Taylor Morrison Home 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to TMHC or CCS?

In the previous week, Taylor Morrison Home had 9 more articles in the media than Century Communities. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Taylor Morrison Home and 4 mentions for Century Communities. Century Communities' average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Taylor Morrison Home's score of -0.21 indicating that Century Communities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Taylor Morrison Home	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Century Communities	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

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