Century Communities (CCS) Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Century Communities in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" CCS shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in CCS, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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4 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Century Communities' stock. Their CCS share price forecasts range from $48.00 to $92.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $76.33 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.9% from the stock's current price.
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Century Communities' stock was trading at $50.01 at the start of the year. Since then, CCS shares have increased by 34.0% and is now trading at $67.00.
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Century Communities saw a increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,580,000 shares, an increase of 6.0% from the August 15th total of 1,490,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 203,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 7.8 days. Currently, 5.5% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 25th 2023.
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Century Communities, Inc. (NYSE:CCS) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 26th. The construction company reported $1.60 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.96 by $0.64. The construction company earned $818.36 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $718.45 million. Century Communities had a net margin of 7.87% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.70%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 27.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $4.78 earnings per share.

Century Communities declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 16th. Investors of record on Wednesday, August 30th will be given a dividend of $0.23 per share on Wednesday, September 13th. This represents a $0.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.37%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 29th.
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Century Communities (NYSE:CCS) pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.37%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 9.63%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CCS will have a dividend payout ratio of 9.97% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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74 employees have rated Century Communities Chief Executive Officer Dale Francescon and Robert Francescon on Glassdoor.com. Dale Francescon and Robert Francescon has an approval rating of 63% among the company's employees. This puts Dale Francescon and Robert Francescon in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Century Communities trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CCS."

Century Communities' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (15.62%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (8.19%), State Street Corp (3.78%), Jennison Associates LLC (2.97%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.74%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.65%). Insiders that own company stock include David L Messenger, John Scott Dixon and Robert J Francescon.
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Shares of CCS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of CCS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $67.00.

Century Communities (NYSE:CCS) has a market capitalization of $2.15 billion and generates $4.51 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $525.13 million in net income (profit) each year or $9.55 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,537 workers across the globe.

Century Communities' mailing address is 8390 E. CRESCENT PKWY. SUITE 650, GREENWOOD VILLAGE CO, 80111. The official website for the company is www.centurycommunities.com. The construction company can be reached via phone at (303) 770-8300, via email at investorrelations@centurycommunities.com, or via fax at 877-869-6748.