Century Communities (CCS) Competitors

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

Which has higher earnings and valuation, 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	$4.40B	0.47	$333.82M	$8.19	8.46
KB Home	$6.93B	0.66	$655.02M	$7.55	8.93

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.

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 volatility & risk, CCS or KBH?

Century Communities has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KB Home has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer CCS or KBH?

Century Communities currently has a consensus price target of $85.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.62%. KB Home has a consensus price target of $66.86, indicating a potential downside of 0.82%. Given Century Communities' 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	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
KB Home	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CCS or KBH?

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

Does the media prefer CCS or KBH?

In the previous week, KB Home had 19 more articles in the media than Century Communities. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for KB Home and 7 mentions for Century Communities. KB Home's average media sentiment score of 1.08 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
KB Home	14 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

KB Home beats Century Communities on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.