# Century Communities Inc. (CCS) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Industrials / Construction & Engineering. Price $64.51, market value $1.8 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 14.2×** (5-yr avg 7.6×, 3-yr avg 9.9×). Century Communities Inc. trades at 14.2× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 7.6×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Industrials median in the September 2026 study was 25.7×. Forward P/E is 14.1×, lower than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to grow.
- **Price / sales: 0.5×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 0.5×, a low multiple typical of thin-margin businesses or out-of-favour stocks.
- **Price / book: 0.7×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 1.9%** (5-yr avg 4.3%). Free cash flow equals 1.9% of the market value, below its five-year average of 4.3%, so the shares are pricier on cash than usual.
- **Earnings yield: 7.1%**. The inverse of the P/E: 7.1% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Net margin: 3.6%**. 3.6% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 5.7%**. 5.7% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.
- **Return on assets: 3.0%**. Each dollar of assets produces 3.0% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): -6.4%** (3-yr -3.0%/yr, 5-yr 5.4%/yr). Revenue fell 6.4% over the last year, against 5.4% a year compounded over five years: growth is slowing.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -53.3%** (3-yr -32.7%/yr, 5-yr -4.5%/yr). Earnings per share fell 53.3%, slower than revenue, so margins compressed.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): -25.0%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at -25.0% a year over three years, keeping pace with earnings: the growth is real cash.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 0.09**. Debt is 0.09 times equity: a conservative balance sheet.
- **Piotroski F-score: 4/9**. 4 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 1.94%** ($1.22 per share, trailing). Century Communities Inc. yields 1.94%, a modest yield more typical of a growth-oriented payer.
- **Payout ratio: 24%** (101% of free cash flow). 24% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving room to keep raising it.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 5**. 5 straight years of increases.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -4.1%** (YTD 9.9%, 3-mo 16.2%). The shares are down 4.1% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -15.1%** (36.5% above the low). Trading 15% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 39**. An RSI of 39 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 1.06** (volatility 42%). Beta of 1.06 against the S&P 500: the shares move roughly with the market.

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