Century Communities, Inc. · Operative Builders

CCS

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The short version

A profitable company with shrinking sales.

Going well

Profitable every year for 10 years
Brings in more cash than it spends
Buying back shares: share count down 7.9% in 3 years

Money moves

No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
Institutions added 1.8% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (113 bought, 144 sold)

Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.

What the price means

Price as of Oct 26

$57.46-0.8% that day

Company value: $1.6B; Share price times all shares
Price vs profit (P/E): 12.6x; You pay about $13 for each $1 of yearly profit
Price vs sales: 0.42x; Company value is 0.42 times a year of sales
Cash vs value: 6%; Cash as a share of company value
Debt vs value: 67%; Debt as a share of company value

From CCS's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.

The business over time

Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings

Sales, Jun '26

$927.2M-7.3% vs a year earlier

Sep '23Tap a barJun '26

Last 12 months: $3.9B, down 8.9% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 5.4% a year.

What the price assumes

Your guesses, our math

Move the sliders to your own view of CCS. Starting points are the company's recent numbers.

Sales growth-9% a yearRecently: -8.9% a yearProfit margin3%Last 12 months: 3.4%P/E at the end13xToday: 12.6x. Many steady companies trade at 12x to 25xShare count change-3% a yearBelow zero means buybacks; above zero means new shares (dilution)

Sales in 5 years$2.5B

Profit in 5 years$74M

Price these guesses point to$39.18-32% vs $57.46 todayAbout -7.4% a year, before dividends

What today's price needs: with a 3% margin and a 13x P/E, sales could shrink about 1.8% a year for 5 years and still match today's price.

Simple math on your guesses, not a forecast or a price target. Real results depend on many things these sliders leave out.

Price

Price chart by TradingView.

Business quality

The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.

4/6Mixed

MissReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.5.7%
PassDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.43x equity
MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.3.6%
PassProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.10 of 10 years
PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$124.3M
PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.-7.9% in 3 years

Revenue: $4.1B; -6.4% vs prior year
5-year growth: +5.4%/yr; revenue, per year
Total debt: $1.1B; 0.43x equity
Free cash flow: $124.3M; 3.0% of revenue

From annual reports filed with the SEC. Not in this company's SEC data, so not scored: gross margin 40%+. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.