Reviewing Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina (NYSE:LOMA) & Century Communities (NYSE:CCS)

Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina (NYSE:LOMA) and Century Communities (NYSE:CCS) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, earnings, valuation and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina and Century Communities, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina	0	0	4	0	3.00
Century Communities	0	3	0	1	2.50

Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina presently has a consensus target price of $14.80, suggesting a potential upside of 58.32%. Century Communities has a consensus target price of $85.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.39%. Given Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina is more favorable than Century Communities.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina and Century Communities”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina	$767.70 million	1.42	$169.19 million	$0.55	17.00
Century Communities	$4.40 billion	0.44	$333.82 million	$8.19	8.02

Century Communities has higher revenue and earnings than Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina. Century Communities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk and Volatility

Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Century Communities has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

19.3% of Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.5% of Century Communities shares are held by institutional investors. 11.9% of Century Communities shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina and Century Communities’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina	9.63%	7.88%	4.44%
Century Communities	6.03%	10.99%	6.14%

Summary

Century Communities beats Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina

Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells cement and its derivatives in Argentina. The company operates through Cement, Masonry Cement and Lime; Concrete; Railroad; Aggregates; and Others segments. It offers masonry cement, aggregates, ready-mix concrete, concrete, and lime to wholesale distributors, concrete producers, industrial customers, and others for use in the construction. The company also provides rail transportation services; and treats and recycles industrial waste for use as fuel and raw material. It markets its products under the Loma Negra, San Martín, Plasticor, Cacique Plus, Cacique Max, Loma Negra Plus, and Lomax brands. The company was founded in 1926 and is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima is a subsidiary of Intercement Trading E Inversiones Argentina Sociedad Limitada.

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.