Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Residential Construction
Century Communities, Inc. CCS
$59.87 -0.48% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $1.70B
Next earnings report: Oct 28, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $4.55, down 44.4% year over year.
- Net debt is 9.8× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The shares trade at 13.2× trailing earnings, higher than 86% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 10%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 22%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 14%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 26%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 32%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 34%
- Gross marginBottom 14%
- Operating marginBottom 39%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 8%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 9%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 10%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 19%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 31%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 27%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 34%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 18%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 48%
- 6-month returnTop 41%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 48%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 37%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 47%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 18%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 23%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 38%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 12%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 32%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 49%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 15%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 10%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -8.4% | -9.3% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -54.0% | -44.4% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 20.4% | 17.1% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 8.2% | 4.4% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 3.2% | 1.3% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -9.3% | -8.4% | ↓ | Bottom 10% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -44.4% | -54.0% | ↑ | Bottom 22% |
| Gross margin | 17.1% | 20.4% | ↓ | Bottom 14% |
| Operating margin | 4.4% | 8.2% | ↓ | Bottom 39% |
| Net margin | 3.4% | 6.0% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 1.3% | 3.2% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 3.2% | — | Bottom 34% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -3.0% | — | Bottom 26% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 0.62×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 1.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.3%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +3.3 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 9.83×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 2.09%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 6.01%
- Shareholder yield
- 8.10%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -5.7%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -3.5%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 23, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 5
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +59.6%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $60.67
- Target vs current price
- +1.3%
- Analysts with a rating
- 12
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 58%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026 | +103.1% | +1.1% | +11.7% | +8.7% | — |
| Apr 22, 2026 | +44.3% | +0.0% | -7.4% | -24.1% | +2.7% |
| Jan 28, 2026 | +14.4% | +0.9% | +3.5% | +5.7% | -6.6% |
| Oct 22, 2025 | +76.7% | -0.7% | +4.3% | -7.1% | +11.0% |
| Jul 23, 2025 | +18.1% | +0.6% | -8.4% | +3.7% | -5.1% |
| Apr 23, 2025 | -21.8% | -2.6% | -12.4% | -11.6% | -4.0% |
| Jan 29, 2025 | +10.4% | -2.6% | -0.3% | -6.6% | -26.5% |
| Oct 23, 2024 | +1.2% | -1.1% | -2.9% | -7.3% | -18.0% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026 | $1.30 | $0.64 | +103.1% | $927.2M |
| Apr 22, 2026 | $0.88 | $0.61 | +44.3% | $789.7M |
| Jan 28, 2026 | $1.59 | $1.39 | +14.4% | $1.23B |
| Oct 22, 2025 | $1.52 | $0.86 | +76.7% | $980.3M |
| Jul 23, 2025 | $1.37 | $1.16 | +18.1% | $1.00B |
| Apr 23, 2025 | $1.36 | $1.74 | -21.8% | $903.2M |
| Jan 29, 2025 | $3.49 | $3.16 | +10.4% | $1.27B |
| Oct 23, 2024 | $2.59 | $2.56 | +1.2% | $1.14B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 13.2× | 7.5× | 86th | Top 19% |
| P/E (forward) | 12.2× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 20.3× | — | — | Bottom 27% |
| EV / Sales | 0.84× | — | — | Top 34% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 2.90% | — | — | Bottom 31% |
| Earnings yield | 7.60% | — | — | Top 19% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 2.3× – 15.2× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -6.6%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -44.4%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +106.5%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.4%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -9.4%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -4.4%
- RSI (14)
- 38.0
- Relative volume
- 0.60×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 35.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 17th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.60
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.24
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -20.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -54.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 2024 | May 15, 2026 | -54.6% | 414 days | Not yet recovered |
| Dec 10, 2021 | Jun 17, 2022 | -52.5% | 130 days | 375 days (Dec 14, 2023) |
| Jun 1, 2021 | Jul 19, 2021 | -28.3% | 33 days | 100 days (Dec 8, 2021) |
| Mar 28, 2024 | Jul 5, 2024 | -19.4% | 67 days | 7 days (Jul 16, 2024) |
| Oct 9, 2020 | Oct 30, 2020 | -16.8% | 15 days | 33 days (Dec 17, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.70B
- P/E (TTM)
- 13.2
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $4.55
- Revenue (TTM)
- $3.91B
- Dividend yield
- 2.09%
- 52-week range
- $47.28 – $76.00
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $4.22B | $4.51B | $3.69B | $4.40B | $4.12B |
| Gross profit | $1.05B | $1.14B | $803.0M | $962.8M | $882.1M |
| Operating income | $658.8M | $704.9M | $355.6M | $446.3M | $377.2M |
| Net income | $498.5M | $525.1M | $259.2M | $333.8M | $147.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $14.47 | $15.92 | $8.05 | $10.40 | $4.86 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.14B | $1.27B | $903.2M | $1.00B | $980.3M | $1.22B | $789.7M | $927.2M |
| Net income | $83.0M | $102.7M | $39.4M | $34.9M | $37.4M | $36.0M | $24.4M | $36.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.59 | $3.20 | $1.26 | $1.14 | $1.25 | $1.21 | $0.84 | $1.25 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$201.2M | $315.3M | $41.6M | $125.7M | $153.1M |
| Capital expenditure | -$8.9M | -$50.7M | -$131.7M | -$39.0M | -$28.8M |
| Free cash flow | -$210.1M | $264.6M | -$90.0M | $86.7M | $124.3M |
| Dividends paid | -$15.2M | -$26.0M | -$29.4M | -$32.8M | -$34.7M |
| Net share buybacks | -$13.7M | -$133.4M | -$29.9M | -$94.3M | -$143.6M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $92.3M
- Total assets
- $4.69B
- Total liabilities
- $2.13B
- Total debt
- $1.70B
- Net debt
- $1.60B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $2.57B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 23, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2026 | $0.32 | Sep 9, 2026 |
| May 27, 2026 | $0.32 | Jun 10, 2026 |
| Feb 25, 2026 | $0.32 | Mar 11, 2026 |
| Nov 26, 2025 | $0.29 | Dec 10, 2025 |
| Aug 27, 2025 | $0.29 | Sep 10, 2025 |
| May 28, 2025 | $0.29 | Jun 11, 2025 |
| Feb 26, 2025 | $0.29 | Mar 12, 2025 |
| Nov 27, 2024 | $0.26 | Dec 11, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,862,346
- Days to cover
- 5.64
- Change vs previous report
- -0.3%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.