Stocks · Technology · Software - Infrastructure
Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc. CCSI
$35.36 -1.04% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $650.6M
High qualityInexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 10 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +4.6%).
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 108 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $4.94, up 19.0% year over year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology 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 21%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 46%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 43%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 26%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 46%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 11%
- Gross marginTop 9%
- Operating marginTop 4%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 43%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 45%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 24%
- Interest coverTop 47%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 2%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 4%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 4%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 42%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 49%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 41%
- 6-month returnTop 32%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 40%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 26%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 40%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 36%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 21%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 47%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 3%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 25%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 39%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 43%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 24%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 0.5% | 1.5% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 6.0% | 19.0% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 79.6% | 80.2% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 42.4% | 41.8% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 26.0% | 32.6% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 1.5% | 0.5% | ↑ | Bottom 21% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 19.0% | 6.0% | ↑ | Top 46% |
| Gross margin | 80.2% | 79.6% | ↑ | Top 9% |
| Operating margin | 41.8% | 42.4% | ↓ | Top 4% |
| Net margin | 26.7% | 23.2% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 32.6% | 26.0% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 17.6% | — | Top 11% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -1.2% | — | Bottom 26% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.54×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -7.4%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 3.9%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +1.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.55×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 4.4×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 5.56%
- Shareholder yield
- 5.56%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -1.6%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.8%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 10
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +4.6%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.9%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $25.00
- Target vs current price
- -29.3%
- Analysts with a rating
- 6
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 67%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | +0.7% | -2.2% | -0.6% | -12.0% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | +8.6% | +5.8% | +6.9% | +28.5% | +40.4% |
| Feb 10, 2026 | +7.6% | +6.9% | +26.6% | +32.0% | +17.9% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | +1.5% | +3.6% | -16.0% | -20.6% | -22.4% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | +7.4% | +4.2% | +32.2% | +32.6% | +39.3% |
| May 7, 2025 | +5.4% | +2.8% | +6.9% | +2.6% | -9.4% |
| Feb 19, 2025 | +10.9% | -3.8% | -10.2% | -16.8% | -21.6% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | +1.6% | -2.0% | -5.5% | -6.7% | +5.4% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $1.49 | $1.48 | +0.7% | $91.4M |
| May 7, 2026 | $1.52 | $1.40 | +8.6% | $88.5M |
| Feb 10, 2026 | $1.41 | $1.31 | +7.6% | $87.1M |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $1.38 | $1.36 | +1.5% | $87.8M |
| Aug 7, 2025 | $1.46 | $1.36 | +7.4% | $87.7M |
| May 7, 2025 | $1.37 | $1.30 | +5.4% | $87.1M |
| Feb 19, 2025 | $1.32 | $1.19 | +10.9% | $87.0M |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $1.31 | $1.29 | +1.6% | $87.8M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 7.2× | 7.1× | 57th | Top 2% |
| P/E (forward) | 6.0× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 6.1× | — | — | Top 4% |
| EV / Sales | 3.15× | — | — | Top 42% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 17.78% | — | — | Top 4% |
| Earnings yield | 13.97% | — | — | Top 2% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 4.0× – 15.6× 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
- +22.7%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +19.0%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +40.8%
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
- 108
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.2%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.6%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -3.8%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +15.8%
- RSI (14)
- 46.5
- Relative volume
- 0.76×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 45.0%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 20th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.31
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.37
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -11.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -57.0%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 2021 | Apr 30, 2024 | -82.4% | 639 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $650.6M
- P/E (TTM)
- 7.2
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $4.94
- Revenue (TTM)
- $354.7M
- 52-week range
- $20.20 – $41.40
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $352.7M | $362.4M | $362.6M | $350.4M | $349.7M |
| Gross profit | $294.7M | $300.5M | $294.2M | $280.7M | $279.1M |
| Operating income | $175.1M | $151.9M | $147.2M | $149.4M | $150.2M |
| Net income | $109.0M | $72.7M | $77.2M | $89.4M | $84.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $6.53 | $3.62 | $3.94 | $4.61 | $4.35 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $87.8M | $87.0M | $87.1M | $87.7M | $87.8M | $87.1M | $88.5M | $91.4M |
| Net income | $21.1M | $18.1M | $21.2M | $20.8M | $22.1M | $20.5M | $24.7M | $27.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.09 | $0.92 | $1.07 | $1.07 | $1.15 | $1.06 | $1.30 | $1.43 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $233.7M | $83.1M | $114.1M | $121.7M | $136.1M |
| Capital expenditure | -$34.5M | -$31.0M | -$36.5M | -$33.4M | -$30.2M |
| Free cash flow | $199.2M | $52.1M | $77.7M | $88.3M | $105.9M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $519,000 | -$7.6M | -$23.5M | -$1.0M | -$21.7M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $98.9M
- Total assets
- $696.9M
- Total liabilities
- $655.3M
- Total debt
- $565.9M
- Net debt
- $467.0M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $41.6M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,090,818
- Days to cover
- 6.01
- Change vs previous report
- +9.0%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.