CCS vs. DFH, MHO, TPH, HOV, BZH, KBH, TMHC, MTH, GVA, and PRIM
Should you be buying Century Communities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Century Communities include Dream Finders Homes (DFH), M/I Homes (MHO), Tri Pointe Homes (TPH), Hovnanian Enterprises (HOV), Beazer Homes USA (BZH), KB Home (KBH), Taylor Morrison Home (TMHC), Meritage Homes (MTH), Granite Construction (GVA), and Primoris Services (PRIM). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Dream Finders Homes (NASDAQ:DFH) and Century Communities (NYSE:CCS) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and dividends.
Dream Finders Homes has higher revenue and earnings than Century Communities. Century Communities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dream Finders Homes, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Dream Finders Homes had 2 more articles in the media than Century Communities. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Dream Finders Homes and 6 mentions for Century Communities. Century Communities' average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Dream Finders Homes' score of 0.31 indicating that Dream Finders Homes is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Dream Finders Homes currently has a consensus price target of $34.50, indicating a potential upside of 17.83%. Century Communities has a consensus price target of $96.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.61%. Given Century Communities' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Dream Finders Homes is more favorable than Century Communities.
Dream Finders Homes has a beta of 2.05, meaning that its stock price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Century Communities has a beta of 1.76, meaning that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.
95.6% of Dream Finders Homes shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.5% of Century Communities shares are held by institutional investors. 70.5% of Dream Finders Homes shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of Century Communities shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Century Communities received 293 more outperform votes than Dream Finders Homes when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.02% of users gave Century Communities an outperform vote while only 18.18% of users gave Dream Finders Homes an outperform vote.
Dream Finders Homes has a net margin of 7.91% compared to Dream Finders Homes' net margin of 7.47%. Century Communities' return on equity of 34.31% beat Dream Finders Homes' return on equity.
Summary
Dream Finders Homes beats Century Communities on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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