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Century Communities

CCS
38
Residential Construction · Consumer Cyclical
Price
$65.53
-2.74 (-4.01%)
Market Cap
$1.89B
Winston Score
38
Winston is serious
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Share count falling — buybacks

11.9% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 34.4M (2021) → 30.4M (2025)

Century Communities builds and sells new homes across the United States. It targets entry-level and first-time buyers, offering lower-priced homes under its Century Communities brand and more affordable options under the Century Complete brand, which sells homes online with minimal in-person contact. The company operates in over 15 states, mainly in the Sun Belt, Mountain West, and Southeast regions.

Century Communities makes money by selling newly built homes, and it also offers mortgage and title services to buyers, which adds a small but steady revenue stream. With a market cap around $1.5 billion, it is a mid-sized homebuilder competing against larger players like D.R. Horton and LGI Homes. Its focus on affordable, entry-level housing gives it access to a large pool of buyers, but rising mortgage interest rates are a key risk, since higher borrowing costs can quickly reduce how many people can afford to buy a new home.

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Quality

Gross Margin
18.9%
Thin — 18.9% gross margin
Operating Margin
4.2%
Thin — 4.2% operating margin
ROCE
0.8%
Weak — 0.8% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
-8.4%
Shrinking sales (-8.4% YoY)
EPS YoY
-54.5%
Earnings shrinking (-54.5% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

EPS Consistency
0/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
96%
Turns 96% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
2.4%
Thin free cash flow (2.4%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.60
Moderate — manageable debt (0.60)
Interest Cover
100.00x
Comfortably covers interest (100.0x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
14.6x
Attractive valuation — P/E 14.6

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

P/E vs Forward
-3.2
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
1.74%
Small dividend — 1.74% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth
+10.9%
Dividend growing fast (10.9% YoY)

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