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CCS vs. DHI, KBH, LEN, LEN.B, MHO, MTH, NVR, PHM, TMHC, and TOL

Should you be buying Century Communities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Century Communities include D.R. Horton (DHI), KB Home (KBH), Lennar (LEN), Lennar (LEN.B), M/I Homes (MHO), Meritage Homes (MTH), NVR (NVR), PulteGroup (PHM), Taylor Morrison Home (TMHC), and Toll Brothers (TOL). These companies are all part of the "bldg - rsdnt/comr" industry.

Century Communities vs. Its Competitors

D.R. Horton (NYSE:DHI) and Century Communities (NYSE:CCS) are both construction companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

D.R. Horton currently has a consensus price target of $151.15, indicating a potential upside of 10.50%. Century Communities has a consensus price target of $85.00, indicating a potential upside of 37.64%. Given Century Communities' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Century Communities is more favorable than D.R. Horton.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
D.R. Horton
2 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
Century Communities
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

90.6% of D.R. Horton shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.5% of Century Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of D.R. Horton shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of Century Communities shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

D.R. Horton has a net margin of 12.15% compared to Century Communities' net margin of 7.10%. D.R. Horton's return on equity of 16.95% beat Century Communities' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
D.R. Horton12.15% 16.95% 12.09%
Century Communities 7.10%12.80%7.18%

D.R. Horton has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Century Communities has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

D.R. Horton has higher revenue and earnings than Century Communities. Century Communities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than D.R. Horton, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
D.R. Horton$36.80B1.14$4.76B$13.2110.36
Century Communities$4.40B0.43$333.82M$9.666.39

In the previous week, D.R. Horton had 14 more articles in the media than Century Communities. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for D.R. Horton and 3 mentions for Century Communities. D.R. Horton's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Century Communities' score of 0.47 indicating that D.R. Horton is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
D.R. Horton
14 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Century Communities
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

D.R. Horton pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Century Communities pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. D.R. Horton pays out 12.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Century Communities pays out 12.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. D.R. Horton has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Century Communities has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Century Communities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

D.R. Horton beats Century Communities on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CCS vs. The Competition

MetricCentury CommunitiesBLDG IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.91B$9.68B$9.51B$20.79B
Dividend Yield1.86%2.67%2.01%3.71%
P/E Ratio6.396.6316.1926.07
Price / Sales0.430.99116.4342.50
Price / Cash5.097.2515.0122.63
Price / Book0.731.424.524.57
Net Income$333.82M$1.21B$622.34M$988.81M
7 Day Performance3.49%2.98%1.54%0.21%
1 Month Performance13.18%8.77%4.95%3.91%
1 Year Performance-30.03%-10.53%100.54%11.35%

Century Communities Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CCS
Century Communities
4.5961 of 5 stars
$61.76
-1.0%
$85.00
+37.6%
-23.0%$1.91B$4.40B6.391,873
DHI
D.R. Horton
4.8936 of 5 stars
$129.02
+0.3%
$151.15
+17.2%
+0.1%$39.63B$36.80B9.7713,200Positive News
KBH
KB Home
4.734 of 5 stars
$53.04
+0.6%
$66.14
+24.7%
-16.0%$3.80B$6.93B7.032,384Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
LEN
Lennar
4.7549 of 5 stars
$110.78
+0.5%
$128.85
+16.3%
-20.0%$29.22B$35.44B9.1612,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
LEN.B
Lennar
N/A$105.22
-0.1%
N/A-19.2%$27.76B$35.44B8.7012,000
MHO
M/I Homes
3.8555 of 5 stars
$112.12
-0.5%
$162.50
+44.9%
-0.8%$3.00B$4.50B5.931,760News Coverage
MTH
Meritage Homes
4.7422 of 5 stars
$67.02
+0.4%
$97.72
+45.8%
-5.8%$4.81B$6.29B5.481,898Positive News
NVR
NVR
4.0625 of 5 stars
$7,398.00
+0.3%
$9,023.33
+22.0%
+0.9%$21.63B$10.61B15.226,550
PHM
PulteGroup
4.9393 of 5 stars
$105.63
+0.1%
$134.69
+27.5%
+7.5%$21.17B$17.95B7.456,520Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
TMHC
Taylor Morrison Home
3.5469 of 5 stars
$61.51
+0.4%
$76.88
+25.0%
+19.0%$6.17B$8.36B7.153,000Positive News
TOL
Toll Brothers
4.8382 of 5 stars
$114.34
+0.0%
$141.46
+23.7%
+8.5%$11.23B$10.66B8.484,900Trending News
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:CCS) was last updated on 7/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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