Century Communities (NYSE:CCS) and Everus (NYSE:ECG) Critical Analysis

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

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Century Communities and Everus”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Century Communities	$4.33 billion	0.55	$259.22 million	$10.03	7.55
Everus	$2.73 billion	1.25	$137.23 million	N/A	N/A

Century Communities has higher revenue and earnings than Everus.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Century Communities and Everus, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Century Communities	0	2	1	0	2.33
Everus	0	2	2	0	2.50

Century Communities currently has a consensus target price of $104.00, indicating a potential upside of 37.29%. Everus has a consensus target price of $67.67, indicating a potential upside of 0.86%. Given Century Communities’ higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Century Communities is more favorable than Everus.

Profitability

This table compares Century Communities and Everus’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Century Communities	7.44%	13.79%	7.80%
Everus	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional & Insider Ownership

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

Summary

Century Communities beats Everus on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Century Communities

Century Communities, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, development, construction, marketing, and sale of single-family attached and detached homes. It is also involved in the entitlement and development of the underlying land; and provision of mortgage, title, and insurance services to its homebuyers. The company offers homes under the Century Communities and Century Complete brands. It sells homes through its sales representatives, retail studios, and internet, as well as through independent real estate brokers in 18 states in the United States. Century Communities, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado.

About Everus

Everus Construction Group is providing a full spectrum of construction services through its electrical and mechanical and transmission and distribution specialty contracting services principally in United States. Its specialty contracting services are provided to utility, transportation, commercial, industrial, institutional, renewable and other customers. Everus Construction Group is based in BISMARCK, N.D.