Century Communities (CCS) Competitors

Century Communities (NYSE:CCS) and M/I Homes (NYSE:MHO) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Do analysts recommend CCS or MHO?

Century Communities currently has a consensus price target of $96.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.87%. M/I Homes has a consensus price target of $130.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.19%. Given Century Communities' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Century Communities is more favorable than M/I Homes.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Century Communities	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
M/I Homes	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media favor CCS or MHO?

In the previous week, M/I Homes had 2 more articles in the media than Century Communities. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for M/I Homes and 12 mentions for Century Communities. Century Communities' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat M/I Homes' score of 0.59 indicating that Century Communities is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Century Communities	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
M/I Homes	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CCS or MHO?

Century Communities received 73 more outperform votes than M/I Homes when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.15% of users gave Century Communities an outperform vote while only 59.32% of users gave M/I Homes an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Century Communities	Outperform Votes 299 61.15%	Underperform Votes 190 38.85%
M/I Homes	Outperform Votes 226 59.32%	Underperform Votes 155 40.68%

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

99.5% of Century Communities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.1% of M/I Homes shares are held by institutional investors. 11.7% of Century Communities shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of M/I Homes shares are held by company 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, CCS or MHO?

Century Communities has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, M/I Homes has a beta of 2.13, suggesting that its stock price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CCS or MHO more profitable?

M/I Homes has a net margin of 11.54% compared to Century Communities' net margin of 7.02%. M/I Homes' return on equity of 19.75% beat Century Communities' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Century Communities	7.02%	11.57%	6.70%
M/I Homes	11.54%	19.75%	11.89%

Which has better earnings & valuation, CCS or MHO?

M/I Homes has higher revenue and earnings than Century Communities. M/I Homes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Century Communities, 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	$3.69B	0.71	$259.22M	$8.05	10.20
M/I Homes	$4.03B	0.84	$465.36M	$16.24	7.54

Summary

M/I Homes beats Century Communities on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.