Century Communities (CCS) Competitors

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

Is CCS or KBH more profitable?

KB Home has a net margin of 8.47% compared to Century Communities' net margin of 6.03%. KB Home's return on equity of 14.02% beat Century Communities' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Century Communities	6.03%	10.99%	6.14%
KB Home	8.47%	14.02%	8.14%

Which has more risk & volatility, CCS or KBH?

Century Communities has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KB Home has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer CCS or KBH?

Century Communities presently has a consensus target price of $85.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.89%. KB Home has a consensus target price of $66.14, suggesting a potential upside of 2.05%. Given Century Communities' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Century Communities is more favorable than KB Home.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Century Communities	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
KB Home	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is CCS or KBH a better dividend stock?

Century Communities pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. KB Home pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Century Communities pays out 14.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. KB Home pays out 13.2% 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. Century Communities has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and KB Home has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Which has better valuation & earnings, CCS or KBH?

KB Home has higher revenue and earnings than Century Communities. Century Communities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than KB 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	$4.31B	0.46	$333.82M	$8.19	8.24
KB Home	$6.93B	0.64	$655.02M	$7.55	8.58

Does the media refer more to CCS or KBH?

In the previous week, Century Communities had 2 more articles in the media than KB Home. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Century Communities and 11 mentions for KB Home. KB Home's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Century Communities' score of 1.05 indicating that KB Home is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Century Communities	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
KB Home	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

99.5% of Century Communities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of KB Home shares are held by institutional investors. 11.9% of Century Communities shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of KB Home shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

KB Home beats Century Communities on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.