Taylor Morrison Home (TMHC) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer CCS or TMHC?

Century Communities presently has a consensus price target of $85.00, suggesting a potential upside of 28.59%. Taylor Morrison Home has a consensus price target of $76.88, suggesting a potential upside of 11.76%. Given Century Communities' higher possible upside, research 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)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Taylor Morrison Home	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.11

Does the media favor CCS or TMHC?

In the previous week, Taylor Morrison Home had 1 more articles in the media than Century Communities. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Taylor Morrison Home and 15 mentions for Century Communities. Taylor Morrison Home's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Century Communities' score of 0.94 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	6 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Taylor Morrison Home	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, CCS or TMHC?

Taylor Morrison Home has higher revenue and earnings than Century Communities. Taylor Morrison Home 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	$4.40B	0.45	$333.82M	$8.19	8.07
Taylor Morrison Home	$8.17B	0.85	$883.31M	$8.66	7.94

Which has more risk & volatility, CCS or TMHC?

Century Communities has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Taylor Morrison Home has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CCS or TMHC more profitable?

Taylor Morrison Home has a net margin of 10.72% compared to Century Communities' net margin of 6.03%. Taylor Morrison Home's return on equity of 16.22% beat Century Communities' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Century Communities	6.03%	10.99%	6.14%
Taylor Morrison Home	10.72%	16.22%	10.23%

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. 12.6% 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, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Taylor Morrison Home beats Century Communities on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.