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Century Communities vs M/I Homes

CCS and MHO side by side, both in operative builders. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.

How CCS and MHO compare

M/I Homes is the larger company, worth 2.2 times as much as Century Communities ($3.2B against $1.5B).

On earnings, M/I Homes is cheaper: it trades at 10.8× trailing earnings, against 11.5× for Century Communities.

M/I Homes grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (−5.0% versus −8.9% for Century Communities).

M/I Homes keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 7.4% compared with 3.4% at Century Communities.

Century Communities pays a dividend yielding 2.4%; M/I Homes does not pay one.

M/I Homes scores higher on the StockData Score (11 against 9 for Century Communities), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.

Key numbers

A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.

MetricCCSMHO
Size and price
Market cap$1.5B$3.2B
Share price$52.59$128.28
Change, 1 year−14.1%2.6%
Change, 5 years−24.4%115%
Beta (5Y)1.041.18
Employees4841,801
StockData Score
Total score911 (better)
Valuation score22
Growth score11
Performance score03 (better)
Health score45 (better)
Dividend score2 (better)0
Valuation
P/E11.5×10.8× (better)
P/S0.4× (better)0.8×
P/B0.6× (better)1.0×
EV/EBITDA7.0×6.3× (better)
P/FCF42.7×16.5× (better)
FCF yield2.3%6.0% (better)
Fair value$49.80$120.59
Margin of safety−5.6% (better)−6.4%
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)−8.9%−5.0% (better)
Revenue growth, 5Y average5.4%7.7% (better)
Net income growth (TTM)−48.5%−37.9% (better)
EPS growth (TTM)−44.3%−34.8% (better)
EPS growth, 5Y average−4.5%12.4% (better)
Profitability
Gross margin–21.5%
Operating margin–9.3%
Net margin3.4%7.4% (better)
FCF margin0.89%4.6% (better)
Return on equity5.2%10.1% (better)
Return on invested capital–13.1%
Financial health
Debt / equity0.000.00
Altman Z-score1.933.33 (better)
Piotroski F-score5 (better)4
Dividends and buybacks
Dividend yield2.4%–
Payout ratio26.5%–
Buyback yield6.7% (better)6.2%
Shareholder yield9.0% (better)6.2%
Ownership
Held by institutions92.7%97.8%
Held by insiders15.1%3.5%
Insider net buying, 12 months−$7.3M (better)−$22.8M
Short interest, % of float7.8%6.1%

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