Century Communities (CCS) Competitors

Construction Partners (NASDAQ:ROAD) and Century Communities (NYSE:CCS) are both construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ROAD or CCS?

Century Communities has higher revenue and earnings than Construction Partners. Century Communities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Construction Partners, 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
Construction Partners	$1.82B	3.26	$68.93M	$1.17	90.59
Century Communities	$4.40B	0.38	$333.82M	$9.66	5.72

Is ROAD or CCS more profitable?

Century Communities has a net margin of 7.10% compared to Construction Partners' net margin of 2.80%. Century Communities' return on equity of 12.80% beat Construction Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Construction Partners	2.80%	11.49%	3.80%
Century Communities	7.10%	12.80%	7.18%

Which has more volatility & risk, ROAD or CCS?

Construction Partners has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Century Communities has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer ROAD or CCS?

In the previous week, Century Communities had 9 more articles in the media than Construction Partners. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Century Communities and 2 mentions for Construction Partners. Construction Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Century Communities' score of 0.52 indicating that Construction Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Construction Partners	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Century Communities	2 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate ROAD or CCS?

Construction Partners presently has a consensus price target of $91.00, indicating a potential downside of 14.14%. Century Communities has a consensus price target of $101.33, indicating a potential upside of 83.49%. Given Century Communities' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Century Communities is more favorable than Construction Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Construction Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Century Communities	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ROAD or CCS?

94.8% of Construction Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.5% of Century Communities shares are held by institutional investors. 16.4% of Construction Partners shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.6% of Century Communities shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Century Communities beats Construction Partners on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.