Century Communities
CCS NYSE Homebuilding Financials FY2016βFY2025
Century Communities' revenue fell 6.4% to $4.1 billion in fiscal 2025. Its net margin was 3.6%, down from 7.6% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $124 million, up 43.3%. It paid out $178 million in dividends and buybacks, 143% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 5.5%.
What Century Communities does
No business description yet.
- Legal name
- Century Communities, Inc.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- β
- Accession Β· CIK
- 0001576940-26-000005
0001576940
Revenue and margins
Century Communities had $4.1B of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 6.4% on the year before.
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 8.5% a year. Loss periods are shown in red.
Returns on capital
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Cash flow
Free cash flow was $124M in fiscal 2025, 3.0% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
Century Communities returned $178M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 143% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 5.5%.
Value Century Communities yourself
Change the assumptions and see what they imply per share. These are models, not forecasts or price targets β the answer depends entirely on what you put in.
Discounted cash flow
Value per share
β
Adds net cash of β and divides by 30.4M diluted shares. Ten years of cash flows plus a terminal value, discounted to today.
Earnings multiple
Value per share
β
Reference multiples: today 12.7x Β· peers 12.5x Β· sector 17.9x.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Century Communities can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $316M | $297M | $226M | $150M | $109M |
| Interest coverage | 11.8x | 12.1x | 7.0x | 6.6x | 3.4x |
| Total assets | $3.5B | $3.8B | $4.1B | $4.5B | $4.5B |
| Total liabilities | $1.7B | $1.6B | $1.8B | $1.9B | $1.9B |
| Shareholders' equity | $1.8B | $2.2B | $2.4B | $2.6B | $2.6B |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | β | β | β | β | β |
Insider trades
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. 'Plan' marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$7.3M
1 insider
Of sales under plans
0%
$0.0M
| Date | Insider | Trade | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 2026 | Dale FrancesconExecutive Chairman, Director | Sold | 100,100 | $72.44 | $7.3M | Form 4 |
Piotroski F-score
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
| Test | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β |
| F-score | β / 9 | β / 9 | β / 9 |
| Accruals ratio | 5.5% | 4.8% | β0.1% |
| Altman Z'' | β | β | β |
Similar companies
Each company's latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so periods don't line up exactly.
| Company | Market cap | Growth | Op. margin | FCF margin | ROIC | P/E | F-score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Century Communities CCS | $1.7B | β6.4% | β | 3.0% | β | 12.7x | β | |
| Dream Finders Homes DFH | $936M | β2.9% | β | β2.9% | 17.2% | 7.2x | β | Compare β |
| M/I Homes MHO | $3.2B | β1.9% | 11.5% | 2.9% | β | 11.8x | β | Compare β |
| Installed Building Products IBP | $5.3B | 1.0% | 13.0% | 10.1% | 22.6% | 21.5x | 7 | Compare β |
| KB Home KBH | $2.9B | β10.0% | β | 4.6% | β | 13.3x | β | Compare β |
10 years of figures
US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $994M | $1.4B | $2.1B | $2.5B | $3.2B | $4.2B | $4.5B | $3.7B | $4.4B | $4.1B |
| Operating income | $71.9M | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Interest expense | β | β | β | $74.9M | $66.8M | $59.2M | $61.1M | $58.1M | $78.9M | $81.3M |
| Pretax income | $73.1M | $84.2M | $129M | $133M | $270M | $641M | $677M | $351M | $440M | $194M |
| Income tax | $23.6M | $33.9M | $32.1M | $19.6M | $64.1M | $143M | $152M | $91.6M | $106M | $46.8M |
| Net income | $49.5M | $50.3M | $96.5M | $113M | $206M | $499M | $525M | $259M | $334M | $148M |
| Diluted EPS | $2.33 | $2.03 | $3.17 | $3.62 | $6.13 | $14.47 | $15.92 | $8.05 | $10.40 | $4.86 |
| Diluted shares | 0.02B | 0.02B | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.03B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | β$44.7M | β$111M | β$196M | β$68.8M | $341M | β$201M | $315M | $41.6M | $126M | $153M |
| Capital expenditure | $7.8M | $17.6M | $15.8M | $16.8M | $9.0M | $8.9M | $20.4M | $43.3M | $39.0M | $28.8M |
| Free cash flow | β$52.5M | β$129M | β$211M | β$85.6M | $332M | β$210M | $295M | β$1.7M | $86.7M | $124M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $5.6M | $7.0M | $12.0M | $13.4M | $13.1M | $10.9M | $11.2M | $15.8M | $24.3M | $24.8M |
| Stock-based compensation | $6.7M | $9.5M | $13.7M | $15.3M | $18.3M | $14.4M | $20.0M | $36.8M | $27.9M | $20.1M |
| Acquisitions | $0.0M | $130M | $28.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $160M | $0.0M |
| Share buybacks | $2.4M | $0.0M | $11.0M | $1.4M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $121M | $19.2M | $83.8M | $144M |
| Dividends paid | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $15.2M | $26.0M | $29.4M | $32.8M | $34.7M |
| Dividends and buybacks | $2.4M | $0.0M | $11.0M | $1.4M | $0.0M | $15.2M | $147M | $48.6M | $117M | $178M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $29.4M | $88.8M | $32.9M | $55.4M | $394M | $316M | $297M | $226M | $150M | $109M |
| Total debt | $253M | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Finance lease liabilities | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Inventory | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Property and equipment, net | $15.9M | $27.9M | $33.3M | $36.0M | $28.4M | $24.9M | $31.7M | $69.1M | $155M | $69.4M |
| Total assets | $1.0B | $1.7B | $2.3B | $2.5B | $2.8B | $3.5B | $3.8B | $4.1B | $4.5B | $4.5B |
| Total liabilities | $534M | $1,000M | $1.4B | $1.4B | $1.6B | $1.7B | $1.6B | $1.8B | $1.9B | $1.9B |
| Shareholders' equity | $474M | $735M | $859M | $1.1B | $1.3B | $1.8B | $2.2B | $2.4B | $2.6B | $2.6B |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Operating margin | 7.2% | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| EBITDA margin | 7.8% | β | β | 8.7% | 11.1% | 16.9% | 16.6% | 11.5% | 12.4% | 7.3% |
| Net margin | 5.0% | 3.5% | 4.5% | 4.5% | 6.5% | 11.8% | 11.7% | 7.0% | 7.6% | 3.6% |
| FCF margin | β5.3% | β9.1% | β9.8% | β3.4% | 10.5% | β5.0% | 6.6% | β0.1% | 2.0% | 3.0% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on capital | 7.3% | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Return on equity | 11.2% | 8.3% | 12.1% | 11.8% | 17.6% | 32.7% | 26.8% | 11.4% | 13.3% | 5.7% |
| Return on assets | 5.2% | 3.7% | 4.8% | 4.8% | 7.7% | 15.7% | 14.5% | 6.6% | 7.7% | 3.3% |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | 35.4% | 43.2% | 50.8% | 18.1% | 24.7% | 33.4% | 6.9% | β18.1% | 19.1% | β6.4% |
| Net income growth | 24.2% | 1.5% | 91.8% | 17.2% | 82.5% | 141.8% | 5.3% | β50.6% | 28.8% | β55.8% |
| EPS growth | 23.9% | β12.9% | 56.2% | 14.2% | 69.3% | 136.1% | 10.0% | β49.4% | 29.2% | β53.3% |
| FCF growth | β | β | β | β | β | β163.4% | β | β100.6% | β | 43.3% |
| Share count change | 1.1% | 18.1% | 23.8% | 2.6% | 7.8% | 2.5% | β4.3% | β2.3% | β0.3% | β5.5% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.9x | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Debt / equity | 0.5x | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Interest coverage | β | β | β | 2.8x | 5.1x | 11.8x | 12.1x | 7.0x | 6.6x | 3.4x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 0.8% | 1.2% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 1.2% | 0.9% | 0.7% |
| Stock comp / revenue | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 1.0% | 0.6% | 0.5% |
| Payouts / FCF | β | β | β | β | 0.0% | β | 49.7% | β | 134.4% | 143.5% |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Accruals ratio | 9.8% | 11.8% | 14.6% | 7.7% | β5.0% | 22.1% | 5.8% | 5.5% | 4.8% | β0.1% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001576940). Data updated October 19, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.