Century Communities vs Installed Building Products
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The short version
- Century Communities is the larger business, with $4.1B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $3.0B for Installed Building Products.
- Installed Building Products grew revenue faster (1.0%, against −6.4%).
- Installed Building Products turned more of its sales into free cash flow (10.1% FCF margin, against 3.0%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Installed Building Products’s earnings: a P/E of 21.5x against 12.7x for Century Communities.
| Latest fiscal year | CCS · FY25 | IBP · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $1.7B | $5.3B |
| Revenue | $4.1B | $3.0B |
| Free cash flow | $124M | $301M |
| Net income | $148M | $265M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | −6.4% | 1.0% |
| 5-year growth | 5.4% | 12.4% |
| Share count change | −5.5% | −3.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | — | 34.0% |
| Operating margin | — | 13.0% |
| Net margin | 3.6% | 8.9% |
| FCF margin | 3.0% | 10.1% |
| Return on capital | — | 22.6% |
| Return on equity | 5.7% | 37.5% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | — | $571M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | — | 1.3x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $178M | $260M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 12.7x | 21.5x |
| Piotroski F-score | — | 7 |
Revenue
FY16
CCS $994M
IBP $863M
FY17
CCS $1.4B
IBP $1.1B
FY18
CCS $2.1B
IBP $1.3B
FY19
CCS $2.5B
IBP $1.5B
FY20
CCS $3.2B
IBP $1.7B
FY21
CCS $4.2B
IBP $2.0B
FY22
CCS $4.5B
IBP $2.7B
FY23
CCS $3.7B
IBP $2.8B
FY24
CCS $4.4B
IBP $2.9B
FY25
CCS $4.1B
IBP $3.0B
CCS
IBP
Operating margin
FY16
CCS 7.2%
IBP 7.7%
FY17
CCS —
IBP 6.6%
FY18
CCS —
IBP 7.0%
FY19
CCS —
IBP 8.0%
FY20
CCS —
IBP 9.8%
FY21
CCS —
IBP 9.5%
FY22
CCS —
IBP 12.9%
FY23
CCS —
IBP 13.3%
FY24
CCS —
IBP 13.0%
FY25
CCS —
IBP 13.0%
CCS
IBP
Free cash flow
FY16
CCS −$52.5M
IBP $46.3M
FY17
CCS −$129M
IBP $37.1M
FY18
CCS −$211M
IBP $61.4M
FY19
CCS −$85.6M
IBP $72.9M
FY20
CCS $332M
IBP $147M
FY21
CCS −$210M
IBP $101M
FY22
CCS $295M
IBP $232M
FY23
CCS −$1.7M
IBP $279M
FY24
CCS $86.7M
IBP $251M
FY25
CCS $124M
IBP $301M
CCS
IBP
Return on capital
FY16
CCS 7.3%
IBP 16.3%
FY17
CCS —
IBP 14.5%
FY18
CCS —
IBP 14.0%
FY19
CCS —
IBP 15.4%
FY20
CCS —
IBP 18.9%
FY21
CCS —
IBP 17.9%
FY22
CCS —
IBP 24.4%
FY23
CCS —
IBP 23.5%
FY24
CCS —
IBP 23.4%
FY25
CCS —
IBP 22.6%
CCS
IBP
Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.