Century Communities (CCS) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate CCS or TMHC?

Century Communities presently has a consensus target price of $101.33, indicating a potential upside of 85.73%. Taylor Morrison Home has a consensus target price of $77.86, indicating a potential upside of 35.64%. Given Century Communities' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Century Communities is more favorable than Taylor Morrison Home.

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
Taylor Morrison Home	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CCS or TMHC?

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
Century Communities	$4.35B	0.38	$333.82M	$9.66	5.65
Taylor Morrison Home	$8.36B	0.70	$883.31M	$8.60	6.67

Which has more volatility & risk, CCS or TMHC?

Century Communities has a beta of 1.76, suggesting that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Taylor Morrison Home has a beta of 1.76, suggesting that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor CCS or TMHC?

In the previous week, Taylor Morrison Home had 2 more articles in the media than Century Communities. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Taylor Morrison Home and 25 mentions for Century Communities. Taylor Morrison Home's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Century Communities' score of 0.28 indicating that Taylor Morrison Home is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Century Communities	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Taylor Morrison Home	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

99.5% of Century Communities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.2% of Taylor Morrison Home shares are held by institutional investors. 11.9% of Century Communities shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Taylor Morrison Home shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CCS or TMHC?

Taylor Morrison Home received 181 more outperform votes than Century Communities when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.68% of users gave Century Communities an outperform vote while only 59.48% of users gave Taylor Morrison Home an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Century Communities	Outperform Votes 302 59.68%	Underperform Votes 204 40.32%
Taylor Morrison Home	Outperform Votes 483 59.48%	Underperform Votes 329 40.52%

Summary

Taylor Morrison Home beats Century Communities on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.