Dream Finders Homes (DFH) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CCS or DFH?

99.5% of Century Communities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of Dream Finders Homes shares are held by institutional investors. 11.9% of Century Communities shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 70.5% of Dream Finders Homes shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CCS or DFH more profitable?

Dream Finders Homes has a net margin of 7.91% compared to Dream Finders Homes' net margin of 7.47%. Century Communities' return on equity of 34.31% beat Dream Finders Homes' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Century Communities	7.47%	12.90%	7.49%
Dream Finders Homes	7.91%	34.31%	12.11%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CCS or DFH?

Century Communities received 293 more outperform votes than Dream Finders Homes when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.02% of users gave Century Communities an outperform vote while only 18.18% of users gave Dream Finders Homes an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Century Communities	Outperform Votes 299 61.02%	Underperform Votes 191 38.98%
Dream Finders Homes	Outperform Votes 6 18.18%	Underperform Votes 27 81.82%

Does the media refer more to CCS or DFH?

In the previous week, Dream Finders Homes had 3 more articles in the media than Century Communities. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Dream Finders Homes and 6 mentions for Century Communities. Century Communities' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Dream Finders Homes' score of 0.52 indicating that Dream Finders Homes is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Century Communities	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Dream Finders Homes	2 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CCS or DFH?

Dream Finders Homes has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Century Communities. Century Communities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dream Finders Homes, 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	0.72	$259.22M	$9.01	9.81
Dream Finders Homes	$3.75B	0.73	$295.90M	$2.95	9.93

Do analysts prefer CCS or DFH?

Century Communities currently has a consensus target price of $96.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.61%. Dream Finders Homes has a consensus target price of $34.50, suggesting a potential upside of 17.83%. Given Century Communities' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Dream Finders Homes is more favorable than Century Communities.

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
Dream Finders Homes	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has more volatility & risk, CCS or DFH?

Century Communities has a beta of 1.76, suggesting that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dream Finders Homes has a beta of 2.05, suggesting that its share price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Dream Finders Homes beats Century Communities on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.