Century Communities (CCS) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, TMHC or CCS?

Taylor Morrison Home has a beta of 1.68, indicating that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Century Communities has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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%

Does the media favor TMHC or CCS?

In the previous week, Taylor Morrison Home had 12 more articles in the media than Century Communities. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Taylor Morrison Home and 9 mentions for Century Communities. Taylor Morrison Home's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Century Communities' score of 0.80 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	19 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Century Communities	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation and 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	$8.36B	0.69	$883.31M	$8.60	6.65
Century Communities	$4.35B	0.37	$333.82M	$9.66	5.40

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TMHC or CCS?

Taylor Morrison Home received 182 more outperform votes than Century Communities when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.68% of users gave Century Communities an outperform vote while only 59.53% of users gave Taylor Morrison Home an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Taylor Morrison Home	Outperform Votes 484 59.53%	Underperform Votes 329 40.47%
Century Communities	Outperform Votes 302 59.68%	Underperform Votes 204 40.32%

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. 1.4% of Taylor Morrison Home 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate TMHC or CCS?

Taylor Morrison Home presently has a consensus target price of $76.88, indicating a potential upside of 34.34%. Century Communities has a consensus target price of $101.33, indicating a potential upside of 94.36%. Given Century Communities' higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90
Century Communities	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Summary

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