Landsea Homes (LSEA) Competitors

Century Communities (NYSE:CCS) and Landsea Homes (NASDAQ:LSEA) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.

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

99.5% of Century Communities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of Landsea Homes shares are held by institutional investors. 11.9% of Century Communities shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 51.0% of Landsea Homes shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, CCS or LSEA?

Century Communities has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Landsea Homes has a beta of 1.91, suggesting that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CCS or LSEA?

Century Communities received 280 more outperform votes than Landsea Homes when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.68% of users gave Century Communities an outperform vote while only 36.07% of users gave Landsea Homes an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Century Communities	Outperform Votes 302 59.68%	Underperform Votes 204 40.32%
Landsea Homes	Outperform Votes 22 36.07%	Underperform Votes 39 63.93%

Does the media prefer CCS or LSEA?

In the previous week, Century Communities and Century Communities both had 4 articles in the media. Century Communities' average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Landsea Homes' score of 0.64 indicating that Century Communities is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Century Communities	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Landsea Homes	1 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 LSEA more profitable?

Century Communities has a net margin of 7.59% compared to Landsea Homes' net margin of 1.82%. Century Communities' return on equity of 14.17% beat Landsea Homes' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Century Communities	7.59%	14.17%	8.02%
Landsea Homes	1.82%	6.96%	2.92%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CCS or LSEA?

Century Communities has higher revenue and earnings than Landsea Homes. Century Communities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Landsea Homes, 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	$4.35B	0.38	$333.82M	$9.66	5.67
Landsea Homes	$1.57B	0.26	$29.24M	$0.26	43.42

Do analysts recommend CCS or LSEA?

Century Communities presently has a consensus price target of $101.33, suggesting a potential upside of 85.12%. Landsea Homes has a consensus price target of $13.83, suggesting a potential upside of 22.45%. Given Century Communities' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Century Communities is more favorable than Landsea Homes.

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
Landsea Homes	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Summary

Century Communities beats Landsea Homes on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.