Green Brick Partners (GRBK) Competitors

Century Communities (NYSE:CCS) and Green Brick Partners (NASDAQ:GRBK) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking and earnings.

Does the media favor CCS or GRBK?

In the previous week, Green Brick Partners had 22 more articles in the media than Century Communities. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Green Brick Partners and 1 mentions for Century Communities. Century Communities' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Green Brick Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that Green Brick Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Century Communities	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Green Brick Partners	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CCS or GRBK more profitable?

Green Brick Partners has a net margin of 17.13% compared to Green Brick Partners' net margin of 7.47%. Century Communities' return on equity of 24.40% beat Green Brick Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Century Communities	7.47%	12.90%	7.49%
Green Brick Partners	17.13%	24.40%	16.15%

Which has more risk and volatility, CCS or GRBK?

Century Communities has a beta of 1.76, indicating that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Green Brick Partners has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer CCS or GRBK?

Century Communities presently has a consensus target price of $96.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.17%. Green Brick Partners has a consensus target price of $55.50, indicating a potential downside of 0.61%. Given Green Brick Partners' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Century Communities is more favorable than Green Brick Partners.

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
Green Brick Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CCS or GRBK?

Century Communities received 71 more outperform votes than Green Brick Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.02% of users gave Century Communities an outperform vote while only 58.16% of users gave Green Brick Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Century Communities	Outperform Votes 299 61.02%	Underperform Votes 191 38.98%
Green Brick Partners	Outperform Votes 228 58.16%	Underperform Votes 164 41.84%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CCS or GRBK?

99.5% of Century Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.2% of Green Brick Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.7% of Century Communities shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 44.4% of Green Brick Partners shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CCS or GRBK?

Green Brick Partners has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Century Communities. Green Brick Partners 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	$3.89B	0.69	$259.22M	$9.01	9.42
Green Brick Partners	$1.77B	1.42	$284.63M	$6.59	8.47

Summary

Century Communities beats Green Brick Partners on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.